The Portuguese Wine Tourism Revelation
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WE are Wine Experiences was created in November 2010 to develop wine travel tourism from small groups to Corporate. Besides visiting the vineyards and wineries, we add the personalized assistance and activities related to gastronomy, nature and sports. You can do cooking lessons, birdwatching or even boating down the river. Emotional experiences and great moments to remember and share with your friends.
The Wine Experiences logo has a character who symbolizes the personal contact that we want to incorporate in our experiences. The spiral in the head means the fully enjoying that surrounds the wines, wineries and vineyards.
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WE do Tasting Wine, Cheese, Olive oil and other delicacies. Tour through amazing landscapes, discovering the Portuguese heritage. Travel in wine regions, meeting the winemakers and there vineyards. Small Groups contact us and we create a tailored program that fits the desires of a single couple or a small group. Corporate we create customized programs for your clients staff.
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2011 Taste the Spring a wine tasting workshop in March to celebrate the arrival of the Spring Fam Trip we are going to organize in April a 3 days Fam Trip for our costumers to meet Wine Experiences partners in the “terroir �; .Wine Harvesting a two days Tour in September. .Body, Mind & Soul Wine Experiences will bring to you the mysticism associated with the result of the sum of the date (11/11/11) making a wine tasting that will explore the perfect harmony of the senses.
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WE share PORTUGAL Portugal is a country that prides itself on its history of discovery, their navigator heroes, immortalized by the ''new worlds that gave to the world''. A unique country that invites to feel the tradition, history, culture, landscape, nature, coast, heritage, cuisine and quality wines from Portugal. Stimuli that console senses and spirit, providing unique emotions. From Algarve beaches to the breathtaking mountains of the north, Portugal is a land of contrasts. In between lie verdant floodplains, rolling plains and cork forests, wetland reserves‌ The east is dry and continental, the west milder, ocean-influenced, greener, especially the lush north west. Today, the country is linked and united as never before by fine new roads – just one sign of the prosperity that has spread across Portugal from the late '80s onwards. But tradition still lies at Portugal's heart. Families spend time together, eat long meals together. Friends enjoy festivals, dancing, fado, cafÊ culture and eating out. * 6
WINES OF PORTUGAL Portugal has a rich wine heritage. A Portuguese wine is easily recognised by connoisseurs and wine lovers due to its distinct taste and aroma from that of all other wines around the world. The hot sun, the fresh Atlantic winds, heavy rainfall, aged soil and stones and an array of native vines are features that combine to give the drink its quality and uniqueness. Wine tourism has naturally become a much sought-after activity in Portugal.
Verdes Porto e Douro Dão e Bairrada Beiras Tejo Lisboa Setúbal Alentejo Algarve Açores Madeira
Connecting the wine lover with the production and nature of the drink, numerous wineries and vineyards open their doors and allow tourists to take part in the grape harvest, taste wines and tour wine cellars among other activities that are organised by local hotels and restaurants. The desire to know more about wine and collecting different facts about its production methods and connection with gastronomy is the starting point for an exciting journey of tastes and aromas. Along the way you can acquire knowledge on the history, culture and traditions of the areas that produce these treasures. **
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WE share WINES OF PORTUGAL TESTIMONIAL '' Portugal's varieties are unique, with thrillingly different flavours. Yet qualitywise there has been no resting on traditional laurels. A quarter-century of investment, education, open-mindedness and flair has meant explosive change (....) One of the features that make the Portuguese grape special is their different personalities. Some bind readily with other varieties, others prefer isolation. Some are more traditional, while others love new ideas. The Portuguese wine producers can combine all of these personalities with outstanding results, a process that is customary to call "art of blending". So new wines are born with a soul and a very unique character, unique in the world that gives flavour to discover new tastes. '’ from Jancis Robinson (Master of Wine) http://www.jancisrobinson.com
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TASTE PORTUGAL Portugal has developed its own cuisine, one that is different from traditional recipes and that brings surprise and delight to all those who visit Portugal. Alongside this marvellous tradition the country now has an elite group of chefs that work in our new kitchens, fusing classic flavours with new trends. Flexibly prepared and presented dishes are the order of the day for these state of the art professionals who over the last decade have affirmed their place as Master Chefs. Often anchored in the country's culinary tradition, using new techniques to achieve new effects with authentic recipes, their culinary creativity and experimentation has given rise to a new era, in which the chef has become the author. Preparing dishes like never before, true creativity has become the essence of this cuisine. In Portugal there are numerous restaurants that have appropriated this new mindset, serving unique dishes designed by the house chef.*
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WE share TASTE Lisboa A meeting point for different cultures, the Lisbon region offers almost all the national gastronomic specialties as well as some of its own products and recipes.
Açores Madeira
The tradition of eating fish is at its peak between the months of May and July, during the Lisbon Festivities, of which the sardine is the symbol. Sardines are usually eaten grilled and dripping on bread in the typical folk festivities that take place, go well with boiled potatoes or simply with a tomato and lettuce salad. The great wealth along the west coast of Lisbon coupled with the highest concentration of shellfish in the country result in an immensely diverse range of seafood dishes, The LezĂrias Ribatejanas Carolino Rice (PDO) is another contributor to Portugal's gastronomic affluence; it is enjoyed in rice dishes with sauce also known as "malandrinho" rice (arroz malandrinho). When it comes to sweet food, the Sintra Cheese Cakes (Queijadas de Sintra) gets top marks. It is said that the small cakes made from fresh cow's cheese, eggs, sugar, flour and cinnamon were once used as a commercial currency.*
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WE share TEJO WINE REGION Santarem
Açores Madeira
DOC Do Tejo occupies almost the same large area as VR Tejo, on either side of the River Tagus (Tejo in Portuguese) as it flows gently along in a southwesterly direction towards its estuary at Lisbon. Until recently the DOC was called Ribatejo and the Vinho Regional Ribatejano. Climatic and geological conditions vary greatly throughout the region. A lot of the vines grow, along with huge quantities of vegetables, on the wide, alluvial plain of the Tagus, in soil known as leziria, very fertile and frankly over-productive as far as quality wine is concerned – unless growers commit great attention and time to reducing their crops and pruning back the exuberant vegetation. Many growers deliver to large cooperatives. The DOC regulations allow a fairly wide range of grape varieties, for whites the local Fernão Pires, Alicante Branco, Arinto, Tália, Trincadeira das Pratas and Vital, but also Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, and alongside the traditional red Castelão and Trincadeira it is possible to use Aragonez, Touriga Nacional, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. **
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Casa Cadaval WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Pic Nic Meals Shop
Horseback Riding Birdwatching Bike tours Motocross Kartcross Water Sports Climbing and rappel Portuguese Traditional Games
Quinta do Casal Branco WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Pic NIc Meals Shop
Horseback Riding Birdwatching Bike tours Motocross Kartcross Water Sports
Quinta Vale de Fornos WE offer: Tours Tasting room Pic Nic Meals Shop Horseback and Poney Riding
To Visit: Santarém (Gothic City) Montado (cork trees) Lezírias (very rich agricultural areas) Fisherman villages To Taste: Wines Goat milk cheeses Sopa da Pedra (vegetable and meat soup) and other local dishes To do: Horseback Riding Cycling Birdwatching Boating (Tagus river)
WINE PARTNER
Granja dos Moinhos
FOOD PARTNER
WE OFFER: Cheese tasting Slow Food Products Meals Shop
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WE share Península de Setúbal Wine Region The Setúbal Peninsula lies across the estuary of the River Tagus directly south of Lisbon, and linked to Lisbon by two bridges. Setúbal
Açores Madeira
Much of the area is flat and sandy, with the exception of the Serra da Arrábida, a short chain of mountains running along the south coast of the peninsula, It is on these Serra da Arrábida slopes that the grapes are grown for the famous sweet Moscatel de Setúbal wines. The Vinho Regional was recently renamed Península de Setúbal.. There are two DOCs, Setúbal and Palmela. Setúbal is sweet and fortified, made primarily from the Muscat of Alexandria grape. It can be labelled Moscatel de Setúbal when Muscat makes up more than 85 per cent of the blend. It's a very sweet, fragrant wine, with candied orange flavours, floral and raisiny when young, developing nutty, toffeed aromas with maturity. Moscatel Roxo (a pink grape) makes wines that are even more scented.
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DOC Palmela is mainly red, and based on the lateripening Castelão grape, which is more at home in the hot, sandy soils of Palmela than anywhere else in Portugal. **
Casa Agrícola Horário Simões WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Meals Shop
Casa Mãe da Rota dos Vinhos WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Shop
Quinta de Alcube WE offer: Tours Tasting room Pic Nic Shop Wine Games
To Visit: Arrábida mountain range Beaches Rice Fields To Taste: Wines including Moscatel of Setúbal Sheep milk cheeses Choco Frito (fried inkfish) and other local dishes To do: Dolphin Watching Diving Cycling Birdwatching Boating (Sado river) Golf Donkey riding Trekking
Venâncio da Costa Lima WE offer: Tours Tasting room Meals Shop
WINE PARTNER
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WE share Lisboa Wine Region West and north of the city of Lisbon, the Lisboa wine region was until recently known as Estremadura. A lot of wine is made here, much of it in co-operatives, in a very wide variety of styles and qualities. This region where the Vinho Regional Lisboa is predominant also has nine DOC. Lisboa
Açores Madeira
Lisboa is a long, thin region running up beside the Atlantic. Wind is inevitably a strong feature beside the coast – no wonder that these undulating hills bristle with windmills, and no wonder that coastal vines are wind-stressed and hard pressed to ripen their grapes. Just a little way inland, however, a backbone of hill and mountain ranges offers some protection to many eastern parts of the Lisboa region. Just south again, is the small but high-quality white wine region of Bucelas, with sheltering hills to the west and the wide, nearly land-locked estuary of the Tagus to the east. DOC Bucelas is a fresh, crisp, dry, mineral white, made with a minimum of 75 per cent Arinto, sometimes with Rabo de Ovelha and Sercial. There is also sparkling Bucelas. Very little wine is made nowadays in the DOC Colares and Carcavelos, two once- famous wine regions by the coast, out west from Lisbon. This is prime beach and residential country, where there are many more lucrative uses of land than growing grapes. Carcavelos, just west of the capital, makes tiny quantities of fortified wine that is nearly always sweet, from red or white local grapes. Colares, neighbouring the great surfing beach of Guincho, makes high-acid, tannic wines from red Ramisco grapes, planted in sand dunes, and gently aromatic whites based on Malvasia.
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For the Lisboa region as a whole, the main traditional white varieties are Arinto, Fernão Pires, Malvasia, Seara-Nova and Vital, and for reds Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Castelão, Tinta Miúda, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Trincadeira, but many other national and foreign grapes are now used for VR wines and certain DOC wines.**
Adega Viúva Gomes WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Meals Wine Bottling Cooking Challenge Shop
Casal de Santa Maria WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Pic NIc Shop Wine Bottling Rose Garden
Conde de Oeiras WE offer: Tours Tasting room Pic Nic Shop
Quinta da Murta WE OFFER: Tours Tasting room Pic Nics Hiking Vineyards Meals Shop
To Visit: Lisboa Sintra Cascais Traditional daily markets Centenary Vineyards Beaches Historic Monuments To Taste: Wines Cheeses Carne de Porco às Mercês (fried pork and paprika dish) and other local dishes Sweet specialties from Sintra and Carcavelos To do: Cycling Birdwatching Golf Donkey ridding Trekking Wind surfing
WINE PARTNER
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WE partner Cooking Lab The Cooking.Lab is a company formed by a group of people trained in science and interested in the study of Molecular Gastronomy and its applications of scientific knowledge for the improvement of culinary techniques and introduction of innovative techniques in the kitchen. A few years ago that have come to do research and provide training in this area.
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FOOD PARTNER
Services: Molecular gastronomy workshops Unique food events
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WE staff Teresa Gomes was born in Sintra in December 1973. Graduated in the Tourism School of Estoril (Lisboa) and attended various professional courses (Bartender, Management of F&B and Sommelier). She began her career at the Hotel Golf Resort in Penha Longa, having then spent some time in London. She came back to Portugal and embraced the world of wine having worked at a cellar specialized in Port Wine.
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She has performed Professional Training since 2002 and in 2004 she created Wine Solutions with the purpose of providing wine consultancy and training services to hotels, restaurants and cellars. One other Teresa Gomes growing branch at Wine Solutions is the themed animation around wine for travel agencies (MICE) and WINE PARTNER companies performing in the Team Building area.
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In 2011 a new challenge offering short breaks for food and wine lovers and adding Wine Travel Services to her company and in a special partnership with Wine Experiences.
João Sá, one of the youngest Portuguese Chefs with is own restaurant, since 2009, was born in March 1986. Graduated with a Course of Cooking and Pastry, with three restaurant internships: Cozinha Velha (Queluz); Bica do Sapato (Lisboa); and Viridiana (Madrid). Worked as a Cook in restaurants alongside renowned chefs such as Jeronimo Ferreira (Sheraton Porto Hotel) or Ljubomir Stanisic (100 Maneiras). Currently he is the owner and Chef at G-spot restaurant (Sintra) and Wine Experiences personal Chef (and WE love is cooking's!).
João Sá
CHEF
FOOD PARTNER
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WE staff Pedro Carvalho was born in Lisbon. His passion for outdoors activities and his love for Portugal made him start a career as a bicycling and hiking guide, back in 2002. For five years he guided biking and walking tours in Portugal for an American-based company before starting his own tour company in 2006.
BIKE TOUR GUIDE
Pedro runs walking and biking tours in the Lisbon area and knows the area like nobody else. Pedro Carvalho This big dog-lover is also the founder of Bike magazine, the first ever Portuguese mountain biking magazine and was its chief-editor for seven years. Bike is still the best-selling mountain biking mag in TOUR PARTNER Portugal.
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Pedro Carvalho was born in Lisbon. His passion for outdoors activities and his love for Portugal made him start a career as a bicycling and hiking guide, back in 2002. For five years he guided biking and walking tours in Portugal for an American-based company before starting his own tour company in 2006. Pedro runs walking and biking tours in the Lisbon area and knows the area like nobody else. This big dog-lover is also the founder of Bike magazine, the first ever Portuguese mountain biking magazine and was its chief-editor for seven years. Bike is still the best-selling mountain biking mag in Jorge Sim達o Portugal.
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WE offer Ref: L1.001 Tour facts: One day walking tour downtown Lisboa WE taste: “Cacau da Ribeira” (hot chocolat) Wine Course includes a tasting of 5 Wines Lunch “Lanche” a selection of Portuguese sweets (4) with Green Tea from Azores Port Wine Course includes a tasting of 3 Port Wines Gourmet Dinner
Lisboa for Wine Lovers Tour description: We start visiting a Lisboa market, felling the colours and the smells of this ancient trading place. This may make you feel hungry, so we stop for a “cacau da Ribeira” (hot chocolat). After a short walk we arrive to the place where we are taking the wine course. The Wine Experiences Sommelier will tell you all about the Portuguese Denominations of Origin, the vines and the main Portuguese grape varieties, the harvest, the winemaking and ageing process of the wines and also the taste technique for white and red wines.
It's almost 1p.m., it's lunch time and we suggest the grelhados no carvão (charcoal grilled) dishes on the Menu! After one “bica” (expresso coffee) we walk into the Baixa (Lisboa down town), stopping to visit traditional shops such as “garrafeiras” (wine shops) WE suggest: or “mercearias” (delicatessen), also Portuguese monuments and For the adventures, miss the shopping and sightseeing in sightseeing are included. We will stop once more for a “lanche” the afternoon and enjoy the (afternoon snack), to enjoy some of the most famous Portuguese city through a bike tour! sweets with Green Tea from Azores… or perhaps a Moscatel? Around 7p.m. starts the second part of our wine course, this time, all about Port Wine (history, region, winemaking process, stage and ageing) We will learn which Ports to store in our cellar, how to decanter them and how to serve them. Choosing a Port Wine will never be the same again. After, starts our Gourmet Dinner, don't worry you don't need a tie, just a lot of appetite!
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Lisboa for Food and Wine Lovers Tour description: We start visiting a Lisboa market, felling the colours and the smells of this ancient trading place. This may make you feel hungry, so we stop for a “cacau da Ribeira” (hot chocolat). After a short walk we arrive to the restaurant where we are going to cook our lunch. The Wine Experiences Chef will teach us all about Portuguese main ingredients, cooking techniques and much more. During the lunch the Wine Experiences Sommelier will do a brief presentation about Portuguese wines. After one “bica” (expresso coffee) we walk into the Baixa (Lisboa down town), stopping to visit traditional shops such as a “mercearia” (delicatessen shop) or have a glass of Ginjinha (cherry liquor) and also visit Portuguese monuments and sightseeing. Around 5p.m. starts the Wine Course: the Portuguese Denominations of Origin, the vines and the main Portuguese grape varieties, the harvest, the winemaking and ageing process. Also the taste technique for white and red wines. All this will be shared to us by the Wine Experiences Sommelier. After starts our Gourmet Dinner, don't worry you don't need to cook this time, just relax and enjoy the meal!
Ref: L1.002 Tour facts: One day walking tour downtown Lisboa WE Taste: “Cacau da Ribeira” (hot chocolat) Cooking Lesson includes a tasting of 1 Sparkling Wine and 1 Olive Oil Lunch “Lanche” a selection of Portuguese sweets (4) with Green Tea from Azores Gourmet Dinner WE suggest: For the adventures, miss the shopping and sightseeing in the afternoon and enjoy the city through a bike tour!
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WE offer Ref: L1.003 Tour facts: One day walking tour downtown Lisboa WE Taste: Chocolat Workshop includes a tasting of 4 different chocolates 1 Arabica expresso coffee Lunch 1 cup of green tea from Azores and a slice of cake at Confeitaria Nacional 1 Chocolate Munfin or a Hot Chocolate at Xocoa Port Wine Tasting includes a tasting of 3 Port Wines with 3 different Chocolates
WE suggest: For the adventures, miss the shopping and sightseeing in the afternoon and enjoy the city through a bike tour!
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Lisboa for Chocolate Lovers Tour description: We start the day joining a Chocolate Workshop in one of the very unique Chocolate Shops of Lisboa. It's special because the owners grow there own cacau in São Tomé island, so is going to be delightful to hear them to talk all about it! Before we say goodbye we still have time for an homemade Arabica expresso coffee. Full of energy we walk into Baixa (Lisboa Down Town) for our lunch, we suggest the grelhados no carvão (charcoal grilled) dishes on the Menu! As a digestive, perhaps, a glass of Ginjinha (cherry liquor)? Afterwards we stop to visit the traditional Confeitaria Nacional (sweet pastry shop) versus Xocoa, a trendy Chocolate Shop in Lisboa Down Town. A visit to Portuguese monuments and sightseeing is also included. We will stop once more for a very special “lanche” (afternoon snack), a Port Wine & Chocolate Tasting! The Wine Experiences Sommelier will talk about the history, region, winemaking process, stage and ageing of Port Wine. After, we are challenged to match the Port wines with several chocolates… what a end of the day!
Sintra for Wine Lovers Tour description:We start where everything begins – the vineyard. In Fontanelas, we will be able to enjoy the centennial vines of the Ramisco grape variety which origin the Colares wines. After we go to Adega Viúva Gomes, where the wine course is going to take place. The Colares wine history, the vines and the local grape varieties, the harvest, the winemaking and ageing process. Also the taste technique for white and red wines. It's almost 1p.m., it's lunch time and we suggest the “Leitão de Negrais” (suckling pig from Negrais)! After one “bica” (expresso coffee) we are ready to visit the lovely Vila of Sintra. A visit to Sintra's National Palace and sightseeing is also included. plus lots of shopping! For our “lanche” (afternoon snack) we must visit one, of the only three, Queijadas de Sintra factories. Here we are going to learn the history of the Queijadas (small cheesecakes) and from others traditional Sintra's sweets. Around 7p.m. is time to start to prepare our dinner! The Wine Experiences Chef will present to us and will cook several Sintra's products for our dinner, such as fresh fish, rich green vegetables, smooth cheeses or tasteful apples. But he needs some help and we are there, ready to cook also! The Wine Experiences Sommelier once more will be present to tell us all about the wines chosen for the evening, after an aperitif it's time for our Dinner, don't worry you don't need a tie, just a lot of appetite!
Ref: L1.004 Tour facts: One day tour in Colares Wine Region WE taste: Wine Course includes a tasting of 5 Wines Lunch “Lanche” a selection of Sintra sweets (4) with Green Tea from Azores Cooking Lesson includes a tasting of 1 Sparkling Wine and 1 Olive Oil Dinner WE suggest: For the photography lovers, miss the shopping and sightseeing in the afternoon and enjoy Sintra through the eye of your camera, the Wine Experiences Photographer will share some secrets about photography, and what most beautiful scenery to practice!
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WE offer Ref: L1.005 Tour facts: One day walking tour downtown Lisboa WE Taste: “Joaninhas” and expresso coffee Cooking Lesson includes a tasting of 1 Sparkling Wine and 1 Olive Oil Lunch Carcavelos Wine tasting (4) with a selection of local sweets (2)
WE suggest: For the adventures, miss the visit to the museum and sightseeing in the afternoon and enjoy Cascais through a bike tour!
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Cascais for Food and Wine Lovers Tour description: We start visiting the “lota”, the Cascais’s fish market where we can fell the colours and listen to the “pregões” (fishmongers sayings). It’s late in the morning so let’s stop for a snack. How about a “joaninha” (egg and almond sweet) with a “bica” (expresso coffee). After a short walk we arrive to the restaurant where we are going to cook our lunch. The Wine Experiences Chef will teach us all about Portuguese main ingredients, cooking techniques and much more. During the lunch the Wine Experiences Sommelier will do a brief presentation about Portuguese wines. In the afternoon a visit to the King D. Carlos Sea Museum, with six permanent exhibitions to choose from. We recommend the Seafaring and Navigation exhibition, which focuses on historical and technical aspects of Portuguese maritime history. Later on some sightseeing and shopping through the town and back to the car. Around 5p.m. we must arrive in Oeiras to visit the vines of Carcavelos, white and red grapes which gives us this delightful king’s wine. The tour continues and in the wine cellar the Wine Experiences Sommeliers will host a very special wine tasting with wines poured directly from the cask to your glasses. To end, a match made with Carcavelos unique wines and local sweets recreated from ancient recipes such as “carcaveló” (sponge cake) or “queijadas de Oeiras” (chestnuts cupcakes). Will be a sweet goodbye!
One day in Ribatejo’s Leziria
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Tour description: One day in Ribatejo's Lezíria
Tour facts One day visting Roibatejo Lezíria
We invite you to meet the Ribatejo's Lezíria (very rich agricultural area), making your own wine and know the local flavors. We started this day driving us to Casa Cadaval, an estate besides the wine making production, dedicates to other agricultural activities. Located in Muge and belonging to the family of Alvares Pereira de Melo since 1648.
WE Taste: Lunch Casa Cadaval Wines Casal Branco Wines WE suggest: For the adventures, miss the visit to the museum and sightseeing in the afternoon and enjoy Cascais through a bike tour!
On the estate we will visit the vineyards with a brief explanation of the winemaking process and wine production. All this on the top of a tractor, ending in the Casa Cadaval with a lunch with local dishes. After lunch, we returned to the road, towards to Quinta do Casal Branco, another important producer of Tejo Wine Region. On the arrival we will be received by the hawks and a glass of Natural Sparkling wine. Then we gather the group and do a team building activity, in which teams are invited to create there own Tejo's Red wine. Even before dinner cooked by the Wine Experiences Chef, we shall have time to enjoy the wines of Quinta Casal Branco.
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WE offer Ref: T1.002 Tour facts: A one day tour in Ribatejo area, includes a morning visit to producers of vegetables, fruits and wine. WE Taste: Slow Food Products Wines from Tejo Region WE suggest: Visit the Ribatejo Countrysight touring in a Bike.
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Slow food tour Tour description: To celebrate and promote Portuguese producers who grow delicious foods with care for the environment and people, Wine Experiences brings to you pleasure and responsibility. It's time for lunch, we start with a classic Portuguese: bread, cheese and wine. It follows a meal with regional dishes and local desserts. In the afternoon we still have the time to visit Granja dos Moinhos goat cheese producer. Slow down with Wine Experiences and use your senses to enjoy Portuguese quality food produced in harmony with the environment and local cultures.
Tasting Azeitão for Cheese lovers
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Tour description: We start the morning with a tour to Quinta de Alcube, an estate located on the slope of the Arrábida mountain range. This place it's the best kept secret of the region, and to get here you have to know the way between the ancient roads.
Tour facts: One day walking tour downtown Lisboa
On your arrival the Wine Experiences Sommellier will give to you a Setúbal's Wine Course with the Quinta de Alcube Natural Sparkling, White and Red wines. Then we will have a picnic on the vineyards harmoniously framed in the Arrábida mountain range.
WE Taste: Azeitão Cheese Sweet Wine Moscatel de Setúbal Other delicacies from the Region of Palmela
After lunch time will do historic and cultural walk through the estate, which includes a chapel and museum (local founded artifacts) visits. Next we will continue the visit trough Azeitão villages. On the other side of the hill, we will find a very special factory that produces the famous Azeitão Cheese. We stop for a visit and to do some shopping.
WE suggest: If you brave enough try to this tour in a bike.
Now that we have the cheeses, we can follow our tour towards Casa Horácio Simões, a wine producer based in a century-old house. In the terrace we enjoy the end of the afternoon with a a glass of sweet Moscatel Wine, and obviously having the Azeitão cheeses. Before we say goodbye, and you miss the flavors of Setúbal Region, just pass by the Horácio Simões Gourmet shop and take some products with you.
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