Alvarinho/Albariño Territory | Road Trip
SCENARIO 1 Suppose you arrive in Monção or Melgaço from Porto airport or any other part of Portugal. You stay there. The next day, set off with us to discover this magnificent sub-region of Vinho Verde, which is also an integral part of...
Rías Baixas + Monção & Melgaço: The Alvarinho Territory
The territory of Alvarinho wine is the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, the Galician Rías Baixas and Monção & Melgaço in the Vinho Verde region. Here we don't really care which side of the border it came from first, whether it was the Cistercian monks who brought this remarkable variety...
Monção & Melgaço: The Expression of Terroir
The name Monção e Melgaço solidifies the neighbourly relationship between these two municipalities in the far north-west of Portugal. And as we well know, a municipality is much more than a simple administrative division, it's a powerful identity element that brings...
Quinta de Alderiz | Monção e Melgaço
Quinta de Alderiz is a property located in the municipality of Monção. A family tradition, owned by the Pinheiro family since the mid-20th century, it produces Alvarinho wine on around 12 hectares of continuous vineyards. The vineyards, with an average age of 25 years, are...
