Description of Experience
Where Wine Shapes the Landscape
In Monção and Melgaço, the vine is more than a crop. It is part of the landscape, the economy and the ways of life that have evolved over time.
In this wine-growing territory, Vinho Verde wines reveal different relationships between the vine, labour and the communities that have shaped the landscape.
From the Minho valley to the lands of the Vale do Mouro, vines have adapted in different ways to the landscape and to agriculture, leaving distinct traces on places and their communities.
Here, wine tells more than a story of grape varieties or production. It tells a story of transformation: from an agricultural landscape where vines had to find their place among fields and food crops, to landscapes where wine now plays a central role.
Between Alvarinho and other winemaking traditions, between valley and mountain, we discover a territory whose identity has been shaped by the relationship between people, landscape and time.
Taste. Interpret. Discover.
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Experience details
QUICK OVERVIEW
🌿 DURATION: 7–8 h
🍃CONTEXT: Between the Minho Valley and the lands of the Mouro Valley, where different forms of agriculture and viticulture have shaped the landscape over time.
🌿 FOCUS: Vines, agricultural landscape, ways of life and wine culture
🍃TYPE OF EXPERIENCE: A cultural and territorial journey through landscape, agriculture and different expressions of viticultur
🌿 GROUP SIZE: Available from 2 participants
🍃MEETING POINT: Monção or Melgaço
DAY UNFOLDING
● Group meeting and introduction to the rural landscape of Monção
● Journey through different agricultural and viticultural landscapes — reading the vines, fields and ways in which the land has been shaped and inhabited
● Discovering different expressions of wine culture in Monção, from Alvarinho to the viticultural traditions of the Vale do Mouro
● Journey towards Sistelo, following the transition between Monção and the mountain landscape
— Walk through the historic centre and cultural landscape of Sistelo
● Visit to a winery and guided tasting, deepening the relationship between wine, landscape and territory
● An experience for those who want to discover Monção beyond the wine for which it is best known
PRICE
● 190 € per person (2 to 4 participants)
— For larger groups: adjusted price
WHAT IS INCLUDED
● Guidance and interpretation of the territory throughout the experience
● Transport
● Journey through rural and wine-producing parishes
● Regional lunch
● Tasting at an emblematic wine estate
● Civil liability and personal accident insurance
● VAT
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