From the vineyard we pick white grapes to transform in our natural wine and red grapes in pasteurised juice and wine.

Dona Maricotas, is our wine brand, named after Joana’s Great Grandmother, as a tribute to the first woman of the family running the farm in the early 30’s. Dona Maricotas is also a tribute to ancestral practices that we’ve adopted (grape maceration, natural fermentation in wood barrels) to produce a wine with low intervention and great character.

We have free-range chickens for eggs, sheep and goats for milk and meat and, as well as Zico, the horse, for manure. We produce our own compost using a combination of this manure, bushes from our forest and the grape must, to nourish the soil.
Our olives are hand-picked and pressed in a matter of hours in a nearby traditional oil mill. We use our extra virgin olive oil for cooking and for our wool coated soaps.

Every season we become more self sufficient, self reliant and sustainable! It’s extremely rewarding to be able to inspire locals and guests to live more sustainably, caring for nature as she provides and nurtures us.