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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] A bottle of Mateus can be seen in the cover photograph of Graham Nash's 1973 album Wild Tales, positioned on the mantelpiece just behind Nash's head. [10]
The red varietals are the most common. The wine is produced in the beautiful landscape of the Douro Valley in Alto Douro region, a region that is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. [4] The wine is exported from the city of Porto, thus acquiring the name Porto (or "Port" in English-speaking countries). There are several varieties of Port ...
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 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 ...
Category: Portuguese wine. ... Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Mateus (wine) Mureto; Muscat (grape) P. List of Port wine grapes;
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]
Tavira is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Tavira Municipality in the Algarve region. The region has Portugal 's highest wine classification as a Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC). Extending to the Spanish border, the region is flanked on the west by the Lagoa DOC .