Winery
Trip to Niger - the wedding that will mark all my life
This year has been marked by a rainy Winter, a hot Summer and by the high number of weddings I am attending to. One of those weddings was far away from the Douro. Mouna, the bride, is from Niger and Andreas, the groom, is Hungarian, who I met when I was working in Madrid.
Due to [...]
Preparing the soil for planting a white grapes vineyard in Quinta da Trovisca
Did you read the previous post? If so, you’ve noticed that we were challenging you to guess what we will do in the area in front of the winery. In the comments’ section, you can see that Andy Velebil bet on a white grapes vineyard. Well, the answer is not correct, but in other place, [...]
10 Ways of Celebrating the end of the Harvest
After picking up the last grapes, in Quevedo we are planing to do some activities to relax our muscles after the hard work. For those who have never harvested in the Douro, these may seem extreme sports; for us are a just a fun entertainment:
To swim in the Douro river against the flow, towards its [...]
The Harvest 2009 is over - some thoughts in the aftermath
Dear readers, the harvest is over. Finally! After six weeks picking up grapes at the vineyards and making wines at the winery, the hardest period of the year finished on Monday. For now only in the vineyards, because at the winery we still have some musts fermenting and some juicy to fortify.
Some thoughts about 2009 [...]
2009 Harvest - First photo of very sweet grapes arriving to our winery
I’m tired, it’s late in the night, but I want to make sure I share with you the first photo of the harvest 2009.
Today was the first day. We are harvesting in Quinta das Olgas, in the Douro Superior, and Quinta da Alegria, in the border between Cima Corgo and Douro Superior. The grapes are [...]
What I Use To Read In Internet About Wines II
At the beginning of November, I wrote a post about wine related sites I like and I visit regularly in Internet. Lets continue that theme and make the II version. This time is just one site dedicated to Port Wine. Its name is ForTheLoveOfPort and probably sounds familiar to some of you. The team is [...]
Harvest is Finally Over in The Quevedo Estates
We can finally say that we have finished our harvest. Yesterday we made the last Port of the season from the last grapes that were still fermenting, 10 days after we had finished to pick-up grapes. As we use to say in the Douro: up to the wash of the boxes is vintage!
This year the [...]
Top 10 Things a Winemaker Hates
1. When the grape truck breaks down on a rainy day
2. The cigarette smoke from a winery worker while unloading grapes
3. Finding the scissors stuck in the gears of the destemmer after being hidden in the box of harvested grapes
4. Cell phone falling into the fermentation vat
5. Someone diving into the lagar
6. A little hole [...]
Monday, September 8th, The Vintage has begun
Five days later than in 2007, we have started harvesting in Quinta da Alegria and Quinta das Olgas, in the regions of Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior. The yield has been higher compared to last years’ production and our estimate for the other vineyards is a productivity of almost 3.5 tns/hectare.
The Bé is 13.8º in Quinta da [...]
Harvest Probably One Week Later Than in 2007
The vintage is close and ripening control is very important to define the date of the harvest and to define the order that different fields should be harvest within the same vineyard.
We were carrying out ripening controls in Quinta da Alegria (up Cima-Corgo) on August 29th and in Quinta das Olgas (Douro Superior) on September [...]
Quevedo was founded in 1991 as a family owned business in the heart of the Douro valley, responding to the needs of the generations that preceded the associate founders. These ancestors were passionately dedicated to their vineyards and to the culture that surrounded the production of wine. Consequently, the company was created as a seamless marriage between the initial phase of production and the promotion and selling of their wines. Currently, the estate is comprised of 100 hectares located in the regions of Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior, producing both red and port wines from only the five traditional port grapes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Tinta Barroca. 