The new vineyard of Pego de Cima, planted with Touriga-Nacional
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View from the big rock in the new vineyard of Pego, down it's the river Dinha, one of the affluents of the Dão.
António talking about biodynamic practices in Vale da Sobreira (Mouraz). Ways to control deseases, the use of plants theas, the relation with the sky, the moon, etc.
António Ribeiro, Emil Hauser, Yoko and Tetsu Makino (whom have an organic restaurant in Osaka with CASA de MOURAZ wines) in Vale da Sobreira (Mouraz).
The cows (cachenas's family) of Quinta de Segade in Penafiel.
One of the houses of Quinta de Segade.
Pedro (Quinta de Segade) and Emil Hauser.
The vineyard (view from a chestnut tree).
Emil taking pictures of António (father and son) and the cows.
Fernando Paiva (Quinta da Bouça-Chã, near Lixa)explaining the dificulties of doing a biodynamic
farming in the Verdes
Region. With an atlantic climate with strong humidity and rain, it's almost impossible to work with 3Kg of copper by hectare (Demeter's maximum doses of copper per year and ha). Fernando Paiva is one of the fews wine producers with Demeter certification in Portugal.
Ducks in the vineyard of Fernando Paiva (Lixa, Amarante).
Old typical vineyards in the Verdes Region, north of Portugal (near Amarante).
António Ribeiro, Steven Van de Woestyne and Nathalie (Wijnhuis Tinto).
Despite the work we have to do, this 2 days we received a client from Belgium, Wijnhuis Tinto (
http://www.wijnhuistinto.be/) and we spent a lovely time tasting wines and visiting the vineyards from the Dão and the Douro. We finishid the "holiday time" with a nice lunch in the DOC restaurant, from the chef Rui Paula, over the Douro river.
It's a tree? A green cottage ? A refuge? It's a vine, only one, with more than 100 years old. We can make a nap under the leaves, we can seat and rest, protect us from the sun or the rain. Despite the age, it produce good grapes. It's a beatifull old lady vine!!
Not often, we take a break with our son. Today it was in Serralves, to visit the garden and the museum.
António from Quinta de Segade, Philippe Demarest and António (father and son) from CASA de MOURAZ.
Philippe regarding the magical vineyard Vale da Sobreira in Mouraz (Dão).
Philippe and António taking pictures in the vineyard of Chão do Vale, in MOuraz (Dão).
Philippe Demarest will be our commercial director in France. After August / September, the wines of CASA de MOURAZ will be available in all France. Our warehouse it's in Chartres (near Paris) and we can deliver directly to shops, restaurants, hotels and individual consumers in several departments of France in a couple of days. We profit to visit the vineyards of CASA de MOURAZ in the Dão and also our project in the Vinho Verde, with Quinta de Segade and other partners.
Several wine producers from the Dão have participated in the tasting organized by Viniportugal with the wine journalist Sarah Ahmed, from The Wine Detective (who is in charge of selecting this year the “50 great Portuguese wines in England”), David Williams (responsible for a weekly upright section about Portuguese wines in the magazine Off Licence News) and Neil Phillips.We presented the new white vintages of CASA de MOURAZ, the blend and the Encruzado 2008 and the reds CASA de MOURAZ 2007 and CASA de MOURAZ Private Selection 2006 (both awarded with Silver Medals in Decanter World Wine Awards 2009). The place was the Solar do Vinho do Dão, in Viseu.
Uma parte da história, por António Lopes Ribeiro
Nasci em Dezembro de 1970, numa casa de granito construída pelo meu pai, António Ribeiro, num terreno herdado pela minha mãe, Maria Fernanda, outrora pertença do meu avô que por sua vez o tinha recebido do meu bisavô. A pedra utilizada na sua construção foi, ela própria, arrancada nesse terreno. Segundo conta o meu pai, hoje com mais de 80 anos, a casa e os armazéns demoraram dois anos a construir. De uma terra inóspita e praticamente inculta nasceu uma bela construção e vários terraços perfeitamente aráveis, onde viria a nascer a vinha do Outeiro. Conta também que, nesse ano, em virtude da grande preocupação com a obra, perdeu praticamente toda a colheita de vinho...
Mesmo assim ainda teve tempo para plantar uma nova vinha. Nasci sobre uma adega, com cubas de betão, lagar e tonéis. Em Dezembro os vinhos ainda se ajeitavam no interior do vasilhame e os seus aromas atravessavam o tabuado que separava a adega do meu quarto. Sou o quarto filho, irmão de Adriano, Hélder e Jorge.
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António Ribeiro, Emil Hauser, Yoko and Tetsu Makino (whom have an organic restaurant in Osaka with CASA de MOURAZ wines) in Vale da Sobreira (Mouraz).
