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- Jorge Alves is the winemaker at Quinta Nova
The name, ‘Nossa Senhora do Carmo’ has its origins in the
17 th century, in a small chapel constructed on the bank of the river
Douro to protect the sailors of the ships transporting Port wine.
In 1999, the history of the winery took an important turn
when the Amorim family – who in 2020 celebrated the 150 th
anniversary of their first business, making cork stoppers for
Bodegas de Oporto in Vila Nova de Gaia – purchased Quinta
Nova, consolidating their long-standing relationship with the
world of wine.
Luisa Amorim joined the company. She saw a great similarity
between the wine and cork businesses: proximity to nature,
international relations and patience were aspects to which she
was already accustomed in her professional life. In two decades
under her leadership, the ‘new’ Quinta Nova was redesigned.
Important contributions to this renaissance included the
planting of 50 hectares of vineyards with a view to adding value
to the excellence of the wine region and bringing present-day
hectareage of planted vineyards up to 85.
The focus and objective of Luisa and the five winemakers at
the winery is achieving perfection in the wines. They travel
throughout the world and welcome winemakers from across
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