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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge foe WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge foe WINE REGIONS from around the world
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PORTUGAL<br />
– REGION –<br />
- Jorge Alves is the winemaker at Quinta Nova<br />
The name, ‘Nossa Senhora do Carmo’ has its origins in the<br />
17 th century, in a small chapel constructed on the bank of the river<br />
Douro to protect the sailors of the ships transporting Port wine.<br />
In 1999, the history of the winery took an important turn<br />
when the Amorim family – who in 2020 celebrated the 150 th<br />
anniversary of their first business, making cork stoppers for<br />
Bodegas de Oporto in Vila Nova de Gaia – purchased Quinta<br />
Nova, consolidating their long-standing relationship with the<br />
world of wine.<br />
Luisa Amorim joined the company. She saw a great similarity<br />
between the wine and cork businesses: proximity to nature,<br />
international relations and patience were aspects to which she<br />
was already accustomed in her professional life. In two decades<br />
under her leadership, the ‘new’ Quinta Nova was redesigned.<br />
Important contributions to this renaissance included the<br />
planting of 50 hectares of vineyards with a view to adding value<br />
to the excellence of the wine region and bringing present-day<br />
hectareage of planted vineyards up to 85.<br />
The focus and objective of Luisa and the five winemakers at<br />
the winery is achieving perfection in the wines. They travel<br />
throughout the world and welcome winemakers from across<br />
78 AUTUMN 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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