Description of Experience
Alvarinho as an expression of territory and culture
In Alvarinho, each cultivation gesture reveals the landscape and culture that shape this territory.
We are in a borderland, shaped by a shared historical and cultural identity. Across the Minho River lies Galicia, with which this land shares an exceptional grape — Alvarinho, known as Albariño in Spain — rooted on both banks and nurtured over centuries.
Here, Alvarinho is more than wine. It embodies heritage, culture, and a sense of place. Present for generations, it has accompanied local ways of life and naturally found its place at the Minho table, where wine enters into dialogue with everyday foods, knowledge, and practices.
Through the interplay of landscape, wine, and food culture, this journey reveals how Alvarinho harmonizes with local flavours and how communities inhabit, cultivate, and share this cross-border territory.
The experience includes visits to two carefully selected wine estates in the Minho Valley, with guided tastings complemented by local delicacies. A regional lunch and moments of contemplative engagement with the landscape at sites of historical and scenic significance complete the day, all enjoyed at the unhurried pace of rural Minho.
A small-scale cultural and sensory journey, intertwining Alvarinho, landscape, and local ways of life, inviting attention, presence, and reading of the territory.
Experience details
QUICK OVERVIEW
🌿 DURATION: Approx. 7-8 hours
🌳 CONTEXT: Between Monção and Melgaço, a wine-growing territory characterised by Alvarinho, traditional farming practices and local knowledge
🌿 FOCUS: Wine-growing landscape, wine, gastronomic culture and territorial identity
🌳 TYPE OF EXPERIENCE: A cultural and sensory journey, focused on reading the vineyard landscape and local ways of life.
🌿 GROUP SIZE: Realisable from 2 participants
🌳 MEETING POINT: Ponte de Lima, Monção and Melgaço
— Porto, Braga and Viana do Castelo: subject to availability and upon request
🌿 PHYSICAL LEVEL: Easy — travel by vehicle with short interpretive walks
DAY UNFOLDING
● Group meeting
● Introdution to the territory
● Journey to the first wine estate — savoring Alvarinho in a guided tasting, immersed in its cultural and gastronomic context
● A contemplative walk through the historic centre of Monção or Melgaço
● Regional lunch
● Visit to a second wine estate
— Encounter with Alvarinho, discovering its diverse styles and expressions
● Designed for those looking to connect with the vineyard landscape, attuning to its rhythms and the sensory nuances of its wines
VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE
● €190 per person
● For groups of 5 or more people, the price per person can be adjusted.
— Designed for a minimum of two participants, the experience is attentively guided, allowing time, care, and meaningful engagement
WHAT IS INCLUDED
● Territory mediation, led locally
● Transport
● Regional lunch
● Two visits to selected wine producers
— Commented Alvarinho tastings, in dialogue with the flavours of the region
● A contemplative walk through Monção or Melgaço, attuned to its history and culture
● Civil liability and personal accident insurance
● VAT
HALF-DAY EXPERIENCE
● Available upon request
ESSENCE, TRACES, RHYTHM 🍃
Vineyards - Ritual - Human Hand - Discovery - Attention
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