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INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
JOÃO PORTUGAL RAMOS FAMILY ESTATES –
A REFERENCE IN THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL
PRACTICES IN VITICULTURE IN PORTUGAL.
João Portugal Ramos, and the
group João Portugal Ramos Family
Estates , with its name is based
in Estremoz, and is an inevitable
reference of the Portuguese wines
with several projects in 5 major
wine regions of the country:
J. Portugal Ramos Wines (Alentejo);
Falua Wines (Tejo), Quinta de Foz
de Arouce (Beiras), Duorum Wines
(Douro) and more recently Vinho
Verde Project (Vinhos Verdes) scattered around the country, playing an
important role in the development of some
notable Portuguese wines across a wide variety
of regions. The successes achieved and prizes
won throughout his career have brought him
national and international acclaim as one of the
main figures responsible for the development of
Portuguese wines during the last thirty years.
Born to a long line of producers, JOÃO
PORTUGAL RAMOS started his work as
oenologist in Alentejo region in 1980 and in the
end of the 1980’s, as result of his accumulated
experience, became a consultant oenologist in
response to requests from various producers João Portugal Ramos Family Estates has taken
into consideration sustainability based not
only in a profitable enterprise but also one that
takes into account the environmental and social
aspects, permanently searching for efficiency.
The beauty of the Alentejo plains, its culture and
the rich gastronomic tradition make Estremoz a
fascinating region. This was the location chosen
by João Portugal Ramos in 1990, to make his
own wines.
This process starts in the vineyards through
integrated agriculture and biological vine, ending
in post consuption. Our dimension allows us to
expand successful management measures to
the various projects, and to adapt or abandon
less successful measures.
As agronomist and nature lover João Ramos
has been reinforcing consciousness and passing
on good environmental practices to all those
who collaborate with him on a daily basis.
From a strategic point of view our attitude
towards the environment has been necessary
and relevant in many aspects. It expresses
the long-standing relationship with nature and
the countryside, and our executives, workers,
partners, can be said to express some of our
core values.