Before becoming a winemaker, Catarina was an evolutionary biologist and studied the mating calls (“quak quak”) of the Iberian tree frog. David was an anthropologist exploring the social life of coastal people in the Western Indian Ocean. We met at a barbecue party of a common friend in Lisbon. Through her scientific research, Catarina found that most female frogs respond to males who call in the local frog-dialect, but in some rare cases, females fall for the unique spell of a peculiar and exotic foreign male passing by their pond, and love happens. That’s kind of our story, and that’s why the Iberian tree frog is our logo.

Our wines are made from native varietals grown under integrated vineyard management. Planted by local vine gardeners in the Atlantic climate of the Lisbon and Setúbal wine regions, they benefit from an extended grape-ripening period, due to the combination of long hours of sunshine and the cooling effect of the Atlantic Ocean and Tagus River. Handpicked in the freshness of the early morning hours, they are taken to the winery by our Toyota Dyna 150, almost as old as we are (but in much better shape) and processed immediately. We use a vertical press, which allows smooth and slow pressings. Depending on the year, our production ranges between 12,000 and 16,000 bottles.

The winery is built in an old car repair shop inside the walls of the 18^th century former infirmary of the king of Portugal. We have modernized the building by entirely replacing the roof and integrated several cozy tasting rooms, a barrel aging room and a laboratory. The main tasting room is open to the street and has a capacity of 50 visitors. We can accommodate additional groups in our breakout room, roof terrace and cellar room. The main tasting room has a wet bar and is fully equipped to offer wine tastings and cold snacks.

Taste and buy our wines directly at the winery in Belém. If you wish, hang on and combine your tastings with a selection of olives, artisan cheese, cured meat or Iberian chouriço, join one of our events, take a tasting class, or tailor-make your own wine experience. On Friday nights, we serve wine and petiscos until 20h30.

You can also order our wines in the online shop with preferential delivery rates for Portugal and many European countries.

Due to CORONA health measures, the tasting room is currently closed to the public. We remain open for take-away and shop pick up orders during usual opening hours directly at the cellar door.