With around 500 active associate winegrowers, ADEGA DE CANTANHEDE is the largest producer in the Bairrada Region, representing over 30% of total production. Around 90% of its production is certified as Bairrada DOC and Beira Atlântico IGP.

For the past 15 years, the company has been steadily building its reputation as national and international market leader in the marketing of wines and sparkling wines with these designations.

The winery is certified by the Quality and Food Safety standards ISO 9001 and IFS Food, and its focus is on the improvement and promotion of Portuguese grapes varieties, mainly indigenous to the Bairrada region, such as Baga, Bical and Maria Gomes, but also Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Arinto, among others.

With over 1,450 medals awarded to date, the portfolio includes a wide range of wines, from entry-level offerings to premium wines, as well as Classic Method Sparkling wines, Fortified wines, and wine spirits.

The winery was listed in the World Association of Wine Writers and Journalists of Wine and Spirits ‘TOP100 Best Wine Producers in 2015’, and has been awarded 'Best Portuguese Wine Cooperative' by Portugal's three leading wine magazines in 2011, 2017 and 2019, and 'Best Sparkling Wine Producer' 2013 and 2022.

COMPANY SHORT STORY

Our family has been working in viniculture and wine growing for several generations. We currently explore over 170 hectares divided in two properties in central Portugal: Quinta de S. Mateus and Quinta de Vale d’ Azar.

Situated on Quinta de S. Mateus, our wine cellar produces 300.000 bottles a year. The wine is produced without any pumps at all (there’s a 18m height difference between the entrance of the grapes and the presses), it’s only used the robot pigeuer, without remontage, without using any yeasts, enzymes or bacteria.

We seek Bairrada DOC Certification for all our wines, so that we can proudly carry the name of our land, far and wide.

ABOUT WINE

We produce what people call this days “natural wines”: we don’t use any enological products, the new cellar uses gravity rather them pumps and in the field we go part organic and part integrated production. Bairrada, the soil and climate, shows very well in our wines, but we think that we can always improve.

On these vineyards we rehearse some foreign varieties along with several national ones (some of them from outside this region) such as: Baga, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, etc.. As white varieties, we grow, Arinto, Bical, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, etc.

We produce wines of a single vineyard (the most part), with a first wine with high quality and cost and a second one with a major number of bottles and low cost. We also produce sparkling wines with the classic method. 

You are very welcome for a tasting! 

Nous sommes producteurs, vignerons et embouteilleurs depuis près de 50 ans.

Nous produisons des vins blancs et rouges tranquilles, ainsi que des vins effervescents élaborés selon la méthode traditionnelle.

La région de Bairrada et nos vins Casa de Saima sont réputés pour leur excellent potentiel de garde et leurs qualités gastronomiques exceptionnelles.

Idéal pour les nouvelles tendances de consommation.

We have been producers, winegrowers, and bottlers for almost 50 years.
We produce still white and red wines, as well as traditional method sparkling wines.
The Bairrada region and our Casa de Saima wines are known for their great aging potential and excellent gastronomic qualities.
Ideal for the new consumption trend.

Caves São Domingos was founded by Elpídio Semedo in 1937 and since 1970 has been run by Lopo de Freitas, who has been responsible for great development of the house over the last few decades.

Initally geared towards the production of Sparkling Wines, wich have achieved great national and international recognition, over time the range of products has expanded, adding old Spirits and Bairrada Wines, always maintaining a constant concern for quality.

Caves São João is a century-old company, founded in 1920, the oldest in Bairrada Wine Region..

Caves São João is a Portuguese wine, sparkling wine and spirits producer from Bairrada and Dão Wine Regions, and also have an important and unique collection of old vintages.

Our main wine brands are Frei João, Porta dos Cavaleiros, Quinta do Poço do Lobo and Caves São João.

In Bairrada, our estate Quinta do Poço do Lobo, has 40 hectares. There we have Portuguese native grapes and old-world grapes varieties. With these grapes, we make wines and sparkling wines with Quinta do Poço do Lobo brand.

Our remain Bairrada's portfolio is made with grapes acquired from winegrowers in the region and also with our own grapes. From Dão, first we selecte the best wines produced in the region, the wines are purchased and then we produce Porta dos Cavaleiros brand.

On the sparkling wines, we have the brands Quinta do Poço do Lobo, São João, and Caves São João Homenagem a Luiz Costa – Special Edition.

Our spirits, all aged for over 20 years in French oak barrels, are vinic and marc brandies, under the brands Caves São João Velhíssima 1966, Caves São João Vínica Velha and Caves São João Bagaceira Velha.

We also have an extensive and unique cellar of old wines vintages, with 4 main brands: Frei João, Porta dos Cavaleiros, Quinta do Poço do Lobo and Caves São João Reserva Particular, white and red wines, from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's to 2000.

Our portfolio includes special editions, as the Abafado Caves São João Martins da Costa 1960 liquor wine, the Centenary Project special editions and the Quinta do Poço do Lobo Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Luís Pato inherited from his father, João Pato, not only a deep knowledge of the vineyard, but also an uncompromising and pioneering spirit. In 1980, he released his first wine: a single-varietal Baga of remarkable quality and extremely limited production — a wine that is still sought after today as a true treasure by collectors and wine lovers around the world.

He was also among the first Portuguese producers to take his wines beyond national borders. More than forty years ago, he set off with a suitcase filled with bottles of Baga, Bical and other indigenous grape varieties from Bairrada, surprising sommeliers, importers and wine enthusiasts who immediately recognized something truly distinctive in those wines.

Luís Pato’s wines revealed the true essence of the region:
 • Freshness, shaped by Atlantic influence.
 • Fruit character, born from clay-limestone hillside soils.
 • Elegance and longevity, the result of balanced fermentations and precisely managed ageing in oak.

Luís Pato was a solitary rebel, sparking a revolution in a region that, at the time, had yet to recognize its own potential. Where others saw immovable tradition, he saw the future.

Quatro Cravos, Wines and Wineries is a Portuguese wine and sparkling wine producer;

In the Bairrada wine producing region, renowned for the excellence of its sparkling wines, the Quatro Cravos company runs Adega Cravo, Adega Original and Positivewine that produce DOC Bairrada and IGP Beira Atlântico wines.

The still and the sparkling wines we produce shall certainly surprise with the qualities resulting from a combination of a legacy rich in traditional methods alongside cutting-edge technologies.

Throughout over one-hundred years, handed down from generation to generation, the family retained the tradition of producing wines. This family knowledge and heritage, and all the experience of wine have lasted down to the present.

The merger with the PositiveWine company and the construction of Adega Original enabled Quatro Cravos to gain in dimension with its scope of activities now spanning vines and wines, enotourism and the hire of event facilities.

The acquisition of terrain for the planting of new wines served to offset the production limitations of the centenary Adega Cravo, which boosted the output and the consistency of these high quality still and sparkling wines. 

Adega Original evokes the idea of something new, pure, authentic, modern and truly Bairrada in character. The identity of this estate focuses on the concept of the word origin, which means the beginning, the root of that which exists, the point of departure.

OUR PORTFOLIO:

Sparkling Wines:

- Original Super Reserva White Brut;

- Original Cuvée White Brut;

- Original Baga Bairrada White Brut;

- Original Royal White Brut;

- Tapada de Baixo White Brut;

- Flutt Blanc de Noir White Brut;

- Flutt White Brut;

- Flutt Rose Brut;

Still Wines:

- Pé de Ganso Special Reserve 2001 Red;

- Pé de Ganso Reserve Red;

- Pé de Ganso Reserve White;

- Encosta da Dona Reserve Red;

- Encosta da Dona Reserve White;

- Original Reserve Red;

- Original Reserve White;

- Tapada de Baixo Red;

- Tapada de Baixo White;

- Tapada de Baixo Rose;

"There goes Fausto to his Bágeiras vineyard"

That's how the population of Fogueira named the project I created in 1989. Fausto was my paternal grandfather, whose vineyards I collected with others from my maternal grandfather to establish the first wine company in Bairrada in over 20 years. With the paramount support of my father Abel, 12 hectares of vineyard that until then produced wine sold in bulk were transformed into wines bottled with our brand. Another 16 hectares were later added to the original vineyard area, always in the best Bairrada terroir.

My belief was a simple one: I wanted the production of our wines to be accomplished through traditional methods, without ignoring the constant developments observed in the fields of viticulture and oenology. That is why, for example, all our grapes are handpicked, our red wines are produced in lagares without added yeasts and why our sparkling wines have no residual sugar. I believe quality means nothing without identity.

Therefore, we respect wine as it respects us and we always devote ourselves to it as a family, with a passion that has lasted for three generations.

Overview

Wines that are sons of history. A family that is the daughter of wine. Generations perpetuate a taste, a flavour, a moment. Generations of pride, love, work, celebrate the grape, the nectar, the colour. A mark of old times allied to the present moment. The symbol of a passion transformed by the history of time and people. Wines that taste like life. Wines to be felt.

Bairrada D.O.C. & Aleixo Wines

 A terroir that produces wines full of vitality and history. Bairrada is a privileged stage where winemaking emerges, reemerges, and merges throughout thousands of years, mirroring the transformation that took place in Portugal. The Aleixo Wines sum up the same vitality, indentity and natural potential. Few however can penetrate their secrets and enjoy all of its enchantment.

History

 In 1951, the Aleixo Family began producing and selling wine in bulk. Sales performed well and demand was good, so bottling became part of the production process. This led to the creation of the family's first brand in 1960: Aleixo.

 Business developed in the following decade, the second generation assumed control, and by 1971 new facilities were built as part of an expansion plan. This action improved not only quantity but also quality, and by 1975 production capacity had increase by 50% and several quality awards were granted.

 The third generation of the Aleixo family joins the business in 1996 and a new modern winery is built. The business model evolved during the following decade and its expansion boomed in 2011, after a strong investement in research and development which set exportation as a top priority. In 2015 the 40th international market is achieved.

 Complementing this expansion, the company started to exhibit the Aleixo Wines worldwide, and by 2019 achieving presence in all major international wine and food fairs.