Quinta da Pacheca is one of the best known estates in the Douro region. It was also one of the first properties to bottle wine under its own label. The property includes a courtyard, endless vineyards, port wine cellar and now a hotel. They incorporate new technologies into the production of their wine but mainly use old techniques and rituals to celebrate Portuguese culture. Every September they fill up the tubs with grapes and have workers as well as guests stomp the grapes with bare feet and then filter the wine into barrels for reserve depending on the quality of wine. As they squash the grapes they poor a cup of wine and insist that others do the same. This ritual is apart of tradition and they will not take no for an answer. I am sure that the wine tasting was everyone's favorite part of the visit. The people of Quinta da Pacheca offered many bottles of expensive wine, cheese, and toast to us and for a second I thought I was at home again. Maybe I felt like this because I consumed a little too much glasses of wine. In my opinion their quality of wine was much richer than that of Calem, the other wine producer we visited during our time in Porto.
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