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Winery<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Adega Cartuxa [Cartuxa Winery] \u2013 Quinta de Valbom<\/em><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1636555988205{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]The Adega Cartuxa [Cartuxa Winery], at Quinta de Valbom, is closely linked to the Society of Jesus. In 1580, the Jesuit priest Pedro Silva, rector of the Universidade de \u00c9vora [University of \u00c9vora], acquired Quinta de Valbom to house the university’s teaching staff. The construction of the Jesuit Retreat Home took about 10 years and resulted in a building with multiple lodgings, cafeteria and chapel.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1636556005161{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]In 1759, with the expulsion of the Society of Jesus from the country by Marqu\u00eas de Pombal, Quinta de Valbom became part of the State’s property and in 1776, it was equipped with a wine press that quickly gained importance in the region. The proximity of the Cartuxa Monastery determined that it would become known, to this day, as Adega Cartuxa [Cartuxa Winery].[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755510480113{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]In 1871, the great grandfather of the founder of the Foundation, Jos\u00e9 Maria Eug\u00e9nio de Almeida, acquired Quinta de Valbom. After his death, it would be his son, Carlos Maria Eug\u00e9nio de Almeida, who would commit himself to the continuity and expansion of the production of the Casa Agr\u00edcola Eug\u00e9nio de Almeida. It was his initiative to plant the vineyards that were the earliest source of the Foundation’s wines. With the progressive expansion and success of the wine production of the Institution, the Adega Cartuxa [Cartuxa Winery], located in the former cafeteria of the Jesuit Retreat Home, was gradually improved. Of these, the major restructuring which took place between 1993 and 1995, which allowed the re-equipment and expansion of all sectors of the winery, increasing considerably its potential for winemaking and storage capacity.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There are still well-preserved examples of previous equipment, now in disuse but innovative at the time they were introduced, such as the Algerian amphorae for the fermentation of red wines (vats built in concrete, with autovinificators) and the deposits where the fermentation of white wines took place. These storage tanks, built of cement, which were later coated with resin to annul the porosity of the cement, date back to the 1950s, a period when their use was common practice.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”5″][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”][vc_single_image image=”2051″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” el_class=”page-letter-divider letter-divider-w” z_index=”5″][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”10″ el_class=”area-02″ padding_bottom=”50″ padding_top=”65″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1634566366772{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”border-top-8px-solid-e21a22″]<\/p>\n

Cartuxa Winery \u2013 Monte de Pinheiros<\/em><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1634566391995{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]The Cartuxa Winery – Monte de Pinheiros, located at Herdade de Pinheiros, receives all the grapes produced in the Foundation’s vineyards and has three technological premises that distinguish it from the others: refrigeration capacity; possibility to fully sort the grapes at the entrance of the winery and movement and transfer of masses only by gravity.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1781″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1618569039233{margin-top: 38px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2645″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=”” el_class=”border-top-8px-solid-e21a22″ css=”.vc_custom_1630942072849{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1634566441688{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]From the fully automated bottling line installed at the Cartuxa Winery, approximately six million bottles are produced annually, distributed among white, ros\u00e9 and red wines of the Vinea Cartuxa, EA, Foral de \u00c9vora, Cartuxa, Scala Coeli and P\u00eara-Manca brands.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1634566454631{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”]Quality certification in the production of wine and olive oil is structuring in the policy of the Eug\u00e9nio de Almeida Foundation, as it ensures the use of appropriate technical means and qualified human resources, promoting improvements in innovation processes and the consequent quality of the product and consumer satisfaction.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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