The Quinta do Portal is a Portuguese, family-owned, and independent estate that has passionately embraced the concept of a “Boutique Winery.” We are dedicated to producing Douro wines, special category Ports, Moscatel, and Olive Oil.
With a forward-looking vision, we were among the first of the new generation of Douro producers who recognised the potential of the region’s still wines and committed to creating world-class Douro wines.
Leading the winemaking and production is Paulo Coutinho, who has been with us since 1994. We have relied on the technical expertise of Pascal Chatonnet for Douro wines since 1992.
Quality has always been our guiding principle, as evidenced by the numerous national and international awards received for our wines and olive oils.
In March 2024, The Fladgate Partnership acquired Quinta do Portal, strengthening its commitment to preserving the tradition and quality that define the brand, while embracing new challenges and opportunities for the future
We are members of The Porto Protocol, a movement whose vision is a a world where companies join efforts and act together to slow and reverse climate change.
In May 2022 we installed photovoltaic pannels that will allow us to produce 50% of our electricity needs.
During the harvest we reuse the CO2 produced during fermentation to inert vats and "lagares"
Our vineyards are under integrated farm management, a farming system that has the objective of producing high quality grapes by using natural resources and regulating mechanisms to replace polluting inputs and to secure sustainable farming.
In our vineyards we use the following practices:
> non-mobilization of the soil;
> integration of the wood that results from pruning in the soil;
> non-utilization of residual herbicides;
> controlled and precise debits in the application of phytopharmaceuticals;
> usage of organic correctives;
> in slopes up to 40% of inclination we plant “Vinha ao Alto” (vertical planting);
> in slopes between 40-60% we plant one line of vineyard terraces, avoiding the use of herbicides between the terraces.
With the above practices we protect the auxiliary organisms, namely from the coccinellidae family. We’re also happy to see that bands of partridges have come back to our vineyards.
