Author: Antje

ProWein 2024

The wine industry meets again at the largest international wine fair Prowein in Düsseldorf. We will be there and are looking forward to presenting our new wines and products to the trade public in person once again. You will find us from March 10-12, 2024 in Hall 12 / F37

Award for sustainability

Herdade dos Lagos was awarded the “particularly sustainable production” certification. Sustentabilidade (vinhosdoalentejo.pt)

Harvest at Night

The harvest has started. We harvest at night and early in the morning in order to process cool and fresh grapes. A nice atmosphere – now the fruits of the year’s labor are being brought in …

German television films documentary at HDL

The German television (ZDF) has made a documentary on how to deal with the consequences of climate change. The question was asked whether there are concepts against the lack of water and the cultivation methods of the Herdade dos Lagos filmed. The film team was on the farm for three days and accompanied us in […]

New winery

We have completely renovated and modernized our winery.A new wine press from Europress for gentle pressing of the wines, chilled tanks also for the red wines to produce fruity, elegant basic wines, rectangular tanks with adjacent cooling plates to minimize energy consumption, a grape conveyor belt to transport the grapes gently and thus to avoid […]

Winemaker of the Year

We were named Biodiversity Vintner of the Year by Delinat. There is a new wine to celebrate the award: “Vale de Camelos Biodiversidade”. We’re glad! Complete dryness and temperatures of up to 50 degrees in summer: viticulture in the Portuguese Alentejo has become a huge challenge in the wake of climate change. The German-Portuguese team […]

First Spring in the new Vineyard

The seeds have sprouted … it blooms and grows between the rows of vines, the vines have started well, we have set up experimental rows with a large selection of autochthonous grape varieties. We are looking forward to the first wines!