<h3 class="Normal tm5" style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">CARM is a strictly family business, with the family giving rise to its documented activity since the mid-20th century. The agricultural activity has always been centered, in the region where the Douro River begins its journey exclusively in the Portuguese territory, where also begins the oldest demarcated region in the world – the Douro Demarcated Region and Port Wine. </span>Our goal has always been to produce high quality olive oils and wines, only from olives and grapes from our farms, about 60 ha of almond, 220 ha of olive groves and 200 ha of vineyards located around the village of Almendra, in the noblest area of the Douro Superior, encompassed in the Archaeological Reserve of the Côa Valley.</h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6"></span><span class="tm7">The HERDADE DO ESPORÃO is home to a unique terroir fruit of the alliance of a very particular climate, regulated and softened by the great central lake, with the different types of soil, exhibitions and the vast wine heritage consisting of indigenous grape varieties, grape varieties from other wine regions and international grape varieties. The typically Mediterranean landscape is composed of gentle undulating plains that occupy a little more than 1,800 hectares of total area, 450 hectares of which occupied with vineyards and about 80 hectares occupied with olive groves.</span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">The family NIEPOORT has been producing Port Wine since 1842. The first property in the Douro was purchased in 1987 and Dirk NIEPOORT ushered in a new era in the company with the creation of the first Red Dome in 1991. In recent years, NIEPOORT has launched itself the great challenge of interpreting other soils and climates, and has acquired two properties in other regions: Dão and Bairrada. Discover the Triangle NIEPOORT that expresses the different terroirs: Shale (Douro), Limestone (Bairrada) and Granite (Dão). After creating in 2002 the first wine of the "Fabulous" family, which was called "Fabelhaft", Dirk NIEPOORT insisted on designing an original and distinctive label for each market using a local artist to illustrate a story appropriate to the values and sensitivity of each country and its relationship with wine. "Diálogo", "Conversa", "Allez Santé", "Drink Me", "Alonso Quijano" ,"Fabelhaft", among others, are some of the names that the "Fabulous" assume taking into account the reality of the markets for which they are intended, respectively Portugal, Brazil, Belgium, England, Spain and Germany.</span> <span class="tm7"> </span> <span class="tm6">This wine symbolizes joy, celebration, good food, good friends, good life, a wine of pure pleasure, elegant and that expresses the reality of the Douro. In July 2011, Diálogo Branco 2010 and Fabelhaft Branco were launched. The "Wines Projects" include all wines labeled "NIEPOORT Projetos", which are experiences carried out in the Douro or Vila Nova de Gaia, but also wines made in partnership with other producers, such as Doda, with Álvaro de Castro, from the Dão region; OmLet, made in the Douro with the Spanish producer Telmo Rodriguez; Ultreia, produced in the Douro with the Spanish producer Raul Perez; Muhr van der wines NIEPOORTin Austria in collaboration with Dorli Muhr; Cape Charme and Cape Fortified, produced in South Africa with Eben; or Ladredo, from Ribera Sacra (Spain)</span><span class="tm7">.</span></h3>
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<h2 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">Inserted in a set of properties, with about 100ha, the company has 30 ha of vineyards, practically all mechanized and planted with selected varieties, although a clear bet on the continuity of tradition maintain a considerable area of old vineyard, which being difficult and costly, and very low production, produces wines of great complexity and elegance.<br />Being all farms located in the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião, distributed by the parishes of Cumieira, Sº. João de Lobrigos, S. Miguel de Lobrigos and Cever.</span></h2>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm7"></span><strong><span class="tm8">Quinta Vale d'Aldeia</span></strong> <span class="tm7"> – located in the Meda region, in the middle of The Upper Douro – is a project born from the effort and dedication of a family, whose main objective is the production of wines of excellence. Its location, characterized by rich and complex microclimates, allows to obtain from the generous soil and selected varieties a truly unique profitability and quality. This factor is the use of state-of-the-art technology in the production and manufacture of wine, which makes </span> <strong><span class="tm8">Quinta Vale d'Aldeia</span></strong> one<span class="tm7"> of the main wine references of the </span> <strong><span class="tm8">Douro Demarcated region.</span></strong><span class="tm7"> Quinta </span> <strong><span class="tm8">Vale d'Aldeia</span></strong> is positioned in the national and international market in a rigorous and differentiated<span class="tm7"> way, providing a wide range of wines, ranging from the lightest and most aromatic to those selected for the most accurate and demanding tasting.</span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">The company H. ABRANTES - DOURO WINES, LDA. it is part of a Business Group called H. ABRANTES FAMILY ESTATES, based in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is dedicated to the exploration of about 150 Ha of own vineyards in the Douro Demarcated Region, classified in Letters A and B according to the criteria of the Douro and Port Wine Institute.<br />Currently, the Group H. ABRANTES FAMILY ESTATES, integrates Quinta Daniel, Quinta de Azinhate, Quinta da Moura, Quinta de Fontellas, Quinta da Vergeira and Quinta da Veiga, all of them located in the Douro Demarcated Region, divided by the sub-regions of Cima Corgo and Douro Superior.</span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">In 1994 three of the children of the Meireles Family, Frederico, Afonso and Manuel, winemaker, agricultural and military technician, respectively, decided to boost the small farm of the family located in the Douro in Beira Grande-Carrazeda de Ansiães understood that with the "silver of the house" they met conditions to carry forward a motivating project in the wine aspect. And that's what happened. </span>Soon that year they restructured the small Family Winery, take advantage of the lagares to vinify the reds and equip the winery with modern technology for the production of whites. The results were fast, in the first harvest, 1995, in the 1st Douro House Competition-achieved a first place in whites and a second in reds, from then on their wines, namely the white Grambeira , have won a place of reference in the Region.</h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">C.N. Kopke is the oldest Port Wine Company. It was founded in 1638 by Cristiano Kopke and his son, Nicolau Kopke who had come to Portugal as consul of the Hanseatic League. Adding 4 centuries of success in the world of Port wines, the Kopke brand, acquired in 2006 by the Sogevinus group, is today a prestigious reference, maintaining the quality objectives that have guided it in the market over the years, being especially recognized in Harvest Ports, with high notoriety in the sector.</span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">The result of a strong dedication, work and constant learning, this wine project was born in 1989, by the hand of António Augusto Fernandes. At that time, the construction of the winery marked the start of the production of generous wines and table. Nowadays, after several expansion and requalification works, the winery has 2400m2 producing about 450,000 liters of wine per year, sold in more than 16 countries worldwide. </span>With an area of 50 hectares, spread over six farms, QUINTA DO VALE DA PERDIZ – Sociedade Agrícola, Lda holds some of the best national and traditional varieties in the Douro Superior region. Cistus wines come from these varieties, namely Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Arinto, Fernão Pires and Rabigato.</h3>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><span class="tm6">At the turn of the century Esteves Monteiro embraced a new project in the Alentejo region. 400 km from the region of green wines, in a very characteristic and unique microclimate for the production of great </span>wines Currently, in the 120 hectares of vineyards that surround the modern winery are produced from the best wines of the Borba region. The Penedo Gordo Estate is already a reference in this region. With a total production of around 2,500,000 liters, QUINTA DAS ARCAS and Herdade Penedo Gordo are now a company with the well-established foundations for a prosperous future in the global market of quality wines.</h3>
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