Quinta de Santa Cristina
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Excellent wine tasting with below-average outsourced lunch
To start with the good -
After the lunch we went to the winery and had an AMAZING time, it did not disappoint. I wish that we had booked only the wine tasting, I even would have paid the same price to not have the local lunch. The information that our guide Sofia gave us was very in depth and she explained it so well and made us feel very welcome as she explained about the processes, the different grapes and the history of the wineyard and the family. The tasting itself was fantastic and we were given a small charcuterie board which was already much better than the local lunch. We tried 4 wines which were delicious, and we did not feel pressured to buy any wines directly.
It was around a 1 hour drive from where we were staying in Braga and easy to navigate to as well as to park. If the review was only for the winery I would have given it 5 stars.
The less good -
The pre-booking was quite confusing as it was advertised as 3 hours, however the timings of the local lunch were not well factored into this, and in fact our lunch was at 1pm with the tasting from 3pm onwards.
The local lunch was quite disappointing, from arriving at the restaurant we already felt we were an inconvience to the staff at the restaurant, and the food was not to our taste. We wanted to try the more local specialities but were disappointed with both the starter and the main, the octopus was quite mushy as if it had been frozen and quickly defrosted and the dessert as well of chocolate mousse was not good.
Claire
About Winery and Wines
Situated in the demarcated region of Vinhos Verdes, in the Basto sub-region, Quinta de Santa Cristina has a secular history and it’s been in the same family for several generations. The professional wine production started on 2004 and it’s currently owned by Mr. António Pinto, his wife, Ms. Rosa Maria Pinto, and their daughter, Mónica Pinto.
Dressed in red and yellow, the winery is a defining icon of Quinta de Santa Cristina. This winery was buit in 2012 and it has the capacity to produce 1 million liters. Nowadays only about 500,000 liters are produced. From the presses and stoke tanks to the bottle, this is the place where all the vinification process happens.
Quinta de Santa Cristina provides several programs that allows visitors to join the Vinho Verde’s aromas and flavours as well as enjoy the peace and calm the Region has to offer.
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Quinta de Santa Cristina’s property is approximately 400m high and it’s formed by 3 farms: Quinta de Santa Cristina, Quinta da Capela and Quinta de Salgueiros.
About 14 different white and red grape varieties are produced, which spread all over 60 hectares of vineyards. Our production is certified in Integrated Production and follows all the Global G.A.P. certificate’s rules.
Quinta de Santa Cristina offers a wide range of products, distributed by Séquito, Santa Cristina and Quinta de Santa Cristina brands, from the typical Vinho Verde wine to more exclusive and diferente products. We have both single wines and blends and we produce whites, a red wine, rosés, Reserva and sparkling wines. Around 70% of the total production are comercialized in Portugal. The remaining part is sold in other countries, mainly in Germany, Brazil, USA, Poland, Switzerland…
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