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Anselmo Mendes at Quinta da Torre, in Monção and Melgaço<br />

PORTUGAL<br />

– SUCCESS STORY –<br />

on experimenting mainly with the Alvarinho grape and<br />

producing outstanding wines throughout Portugal.<br />

Today, as a consultant, he works on several successful<br />

projects in different parts of Portugal, as well as in<br />

other countries.<br />

His philosophy is based on uniting concepts that are both<br />

simple yet complex, fusing tradition and innovation:<br />

recovering traditional vineyard and winemaking<br />

techniques, and combining these with modern<br />

fermentation methods. Fermenting the Alvarinho grape<br />

in wooden barrels or using traditional fermentation<br />

techniques, as well as fermentation on the skins, are<br />

78 SPRING 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE

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