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Mateus rosé was among the alcoholic beverages which were stockpiled in the cellars of Saddam Hussein's palaces. [7] It was a preferred wine of Queen Elizabeth II (in 1999). [8] The wine is mentioned in the lyrics of the Elton John song, Social Disease (1973): "I get juiced on Mateus and just hang loose." [9]
"cupa", Roman tombstones in the shape of wine barrels, were used in the 3rd century AD in Alentejo, Museu de Évora In southern Iberian Peninsula, some archeological finds attest that the consumption of wine occurred around the 7th to the 6th century B.C. and production started in the 5th to the 4th century B.C. [1] Romans did much to expand and promote viticulture in their settlements in the ...
Portuguese wine regions are grouped into three levels of classification. At the top are the Denominação de Origem Controlada (or DOCs) which are Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions (QWpsr) under the European Union wine regulations and thus correspond roughly to the French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) and Spanish ...
Fernando Van Zeller Guedes was born on 4 February 1903 in the parish of Massarelos in the municipality of Porto in Portugal. His father, Fernando Guedes da Silva, owned Quinta da Aveleda, a wine estate near Penafiel, and was one of the founders of the Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes (Viticultural Commission of Vinhos Verdes) in 1926, the entity that regulates the wine ...
Sogrape [1] [2] is a group of companies and brands founded in 1942 by Fernando Van Zeller Guedes. [3] It owns the brand Mateus, mostly known for its rosé variety, and the brand Sandeman.
Portuguese wine regions, as well as producers of several other products, established this system following Portugal's entry into the European Union in 1986. It is similar to the French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC), the Italian Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC), and the Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) systems.
Wine regions of Portugal. Carcavelos is highlighted as region #4. Carcavelos is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Carcavelos municipality in Estremadura region and includes land near the cities of Cascais and Oeiras. The region has Portugal's highest wine classification as a Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC).
Lisboa-top left highlighted with the península de Setúbal.Viticulturally these regions are considered separate. Lisboa, until 2009 named Estremadura, is a Portuguese wine region covering the same areas as the Estremadura region, and taking its name from the country's capital. [1]