Wines of Alentejo Announces Rigorous New Sustainability Certification Program

Four Wineries Qualified to Date Evora, Portugal, December 16, 2021 – Portugal’s Comissão Vitivinicola Regional Alentejana (CVRA), aka Wines of Alentejo, confirms that four wineries in this notably sustainability-conscious region have met a rigorous new set of requirements, qualifying them to feature a newly created official Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program (WASP) certification seal (image attached) on their wines. Herdade dos […]

New York, NY, December 14, 2020 — Portugal’s Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program (WASP) has been honored at The Drinks Business Green Awards 2020, as this year’s recipient of the annual Amorim Sustainability Award. The Amorim Sustainability Award recognizes the accomplishments of a single organization in its efforts to bring about greater efficiencies and effectiveness in the implementation […] The post Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program (WASP) Drinks Business Green Award 2020 appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/12/14/wines-alentejo-sustainability-program-green-award?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wines-alentejo-sustainability-program-green-award Published Date:Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:07:43 +0000 

Amorim has always been committed to the land and now that concept has expanded from cork forests to vineyards. In 1994, the Amorim family acquired the Portugese estate, Herdade Aldeia de Cima, located in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Since 2017, Luisa Amorim has planted and reinvigorated twelve different indigenous varieties, planted to the first traditionally terraced vineyard in Alentejo. The Amorim Group also acquired a vineyard and winery in the Dão region of Portugal two years ago, further spotlighting unique, indigenous varieties with its Taboadella label.  Read more on Amorim’s approach to cultivating the past and present through wine in Tom Mullen's article on Forbes: https://bit.ly/amorim-forbes-june-13. Photo credit: Forbes