Dão, one of Portugal’s oldest established wine regions, like all of Portugal, is in the midst of a significant renaissance.

Because of its prolonged isolation from the fashionable trends in winemaking that swept over Europe during the last century, Portugal preserved its rich heritage of indigenous grape varieties. With the advent of modern winemaking and its mineral rich granite soil, the Dão now enjoys real distinction in an overcrowded marketplace, filled with only a handful of international grapes varieties.

Named after the river that runs through it, the Dão is protected from the Atlantic by stunning pine covered mountains, which provide the perfect growing conditions of cool, wet winters and dry, mild summers and the endless potential for great wine.