Category: Farm and Wines

The Social Sustainability of Quinta da Raza

Sustainability is one of the topics on the world’s agenda for many reasons. What not everyone is aware of is that, in its fullest sense, Sustainability does not only include the adoption of a program or actions of an environmental nature, but also extends to the economic and social domains. At Quinta da Raza, as the first producer operating exclusively in the Vinho Verde Region to be certified with ViniPortugal’s National Sustainability Benchmark for the Wine Sector, we are fully aware of this multidimensionality and have set our goals so that we don’t leave behind or neglect any of the aforementioned areas.

2024 Harvest

The seasons in the planet’s temperate zones, particularly in Portugal, bring with them changes in temperature and daylight hours over the months of the year. For the vine, these changes are the signals that lead it to hibernate, bud, flower, and, finally, set fruit. As for the producers, these changes lead them to intervene in the vineyard and the vines, pruning, nurturing, and caring for them, until the tasks culminate in the harvest. It’s a cycle that repeats itself every year.

Quinta da Raza Vineyards Collection

A “Quinta” that produces wine can include one or more vineyards, contain one or more grape varieties and produce several types of wine. The name of each vineyard is unique and often linked to the owner of the estate, its location, the type of soil or the surrounding landscape. Each vineyard has its “terroir” with its special characteristics that give rise to different wines.

Perfect wines for summer!

Summer is the time for garden parties, picnics and days at the beach, while enjoying light and refreshing wines.

The Avesso grape variety

Also known as Bornal, Bornão, Borral, or Borraçal Branco, the Avesso grape variety is first and foremost distinguished by its name. The portuguese word “avesso” is often used as a synonym for a person of bad character or to describe something/situation that is “upside down”, “opposite” to what it should actually be. The name may […]

Bâtonnage, resuspension of wine lees.

Much has been discussed over the years about bâtonnage, its effects on wine, its advantages and disadvantages.
When a producer presents a wine in which he has applied this technique, he usually does so with pride and with the aim of raising the final quality of the product. But what is bâtonnage?

Arinto grape variety

The Arinto variety is, according to the Viticulture Commission of the Vinhos Verdes Region, “is grown practically throughout the region under the name of ‘Pedernã”, and it reaches “its highest level of quality in the more inland areas of the region”.

Pairing Wine with Food

One of the key principles behind the best pairing is to understand both the food you are serving and the wine, by analysing their basic components in order to enhance your dining experience. You can pair them as you wish, by textures, flavours or aromas and even pairings by colours can be amazing and beautiful (Raza rosé-salmon).

Vinhão Grape Variety

A grape variety from Minho, Vinhão is also known as “Negrão”, “Negrão Pé de Perdiz”, “Espadeiro Preto”, “Tinto da Parada”, “Pinta Fêmea”, among other synonyms. It later spread to the Douro, where it was called Sousão; in other regions of Portugal – Trás-os-Montes, Alentejo and the Algarve – it has been planted and cultivated out […]

The grapevine’s annual lifecycle

The year has twelve months, but only for about eight months we can see some activity on the vine.