Cabeças do Reguengo
Luar, Tinto, 2022

Old Grapevines Allied With Mixed Varieties. Why?

“The very old grapevines are agricultural reproductions very close to multi-disciplinary Nature, which gathers numerous species in one place, “socialising them” and giving all of them the same opportunity.”

The “Ancients”, who we want to imitate in this project, lived in harmony with the land, a far cry from the assaults made on it by modern-day industrialisation and capitalisation of resources. 
In drier and poorer land, they planted crops better adapted to the hot, dry summer weather – grapevines and olive groves (two of the three main Mediterranean corps) – and associated them with chestnut trees and with fruit trees acclimatised to the region. In Serra de São Mamede, these are almond trees, apple trees, cherry trees… varieties that like altitude and some dryness.
In the cooler, more fertile ground, the vegetable gardens with fruit trees that need more water (citrus, peach, plum, etc.) and pasture for the animals that make the compost that fertilises the crops and give eggs, milk and some meat. 

To learn more about this unique project, click here.