VISIT US
Trav. Paulo Jorge 9
1300-444 Belém, Lisboa
OPENING TIMES
Tuesday – Friday
10h-13h & 14h-16h (-21h Fridays)
Saturday
10h30 – 13h
CELLAR TOURS
Please inquire.
Urban Winemaking in Lisbon
Adega Belém is an urban winery in Lisbon’s historic district of Belém, a few foot steps away from the Tagus riverfront and Belém’s main attractions.
Drop by and sample a selection of reds, whites, rosés and bubblies made from Portuguese varietals. Or learn more about wine making by taking part in a tour through our winemaking cellars or by booking a wine tasting class.
See you soon, abraços, beijinhos, à bientôt und bis bald!
Catarina, David, Ana Lula, Sofia and Lili
CORONA health measures regarding social distancing and testing requirements are being implemented. We are fully vaccinated and hope so are you, for our common health and happiness.
Pét. Nat. da Adega Belém fermenting. Sneek preview tasting next week!
Outstanding wines from outstanding grapes
Our grapes are grown in the Atlantic and Mediterranean climates of Lisbon’s Monsanto foothills (Tapada da Ajuda, ISA, University of Lisbon), in the valley of Caparide in São Pedro de Estoril, on the banks of the Alenquer River in the village of Bemposta, and in the Arrabida Mountains next to Palmela.
All grapes are handpicked and fermented at their own rhythm in our cellar. We process about 12,000kg of grapes a year.
To get the best out of each grape, we combine contemporary cellar technology with low-intervention methods of spontaneous fermentation, foot-treading, on-skin maceration and oak barrel aging.
The result are wines with strong, distinct personalities, complex architecture, filigrane structure, multilayered aromas and an intensive bright aspect.
Made with love, and grapes as well
We want our winery to be an open space where the intricacies of winemaking become visible to the public, also a space to learn about the art of winemaking, about wine tasting and about how we relate as persons to wine as a liquid that we ingurgitate and that becomes part of who we are.
Taste and buy our wines directly at the winery in Belém or order at the online shop with preferential delivery rates for Portugal and many European countries.
Cellar door menu & wine list
Testimonials
Une expérience incroyable ! Les propriétaires sont adorables et les vins servis sont délicieux. L'endroit est très mignon et surtout très agréable ! Nous en ressortons plus que ravies avec des étoiles plein les yeux et du vin plein les papilles 🍷
Relax, sip excellent wines and learn about them, and spend time in the nice company of the creators of this innovative project. You may leave the winery not only with good wine, but also with unique insights into the area and life in Lisbon and Portugal more broadly!
The brand is Rabo da Rainha meaning "the Queen's booty", which the winery says , "expresses our philosophy that before wine, all of us are egual, just like a queen has a common [booty]; everyone ought to decide themselves which wines they love."
A Adega Belém conseguiu alargar-se e num armazém deu para fazer tudo: ter cubas e barricas, ter um espaço para receber pessoas, vender vinho e dar provas, servir petiscos e ter um cão como companhia
Hoje provei os vinhos da Adega Belém. Visitem, vale muito a pena, tanto pelos vinhos como pelos fantásticos anfitriões. =)
Two enthusiastic lecturers who, once in Switzerland, enriched my knowledge of the world of wine, finally creating their own winery. Am looking forward to tasting the results of their global experience.
We look forward to joining Catarina e David at Adega Belém Urban Winery for the quality of their wines, their convivial company and their encouragement of scholarly exchange!
L’Adega Belém Urban Winery de David et Catarina est un lieu de culture, de plaisir et d’expérimentation qui plaira aussi bien aux œnophiles aguerris qu’aux novices amateurs. Santé !
A Adega de Belém, por mares nunca dantes navegados! A Catarina e o David não podiam ter feito menos do que uma adega do local de onde partiram as caravelas portuguesas levando o vinhos e culturas. Vinhos artesanais, com cunho pessoal, que fazem as delícias "das mais desvairadas gentes" que por Belém têm passado!
Catarina, Grande mulher, grandes missões, grande adegueira e grande enologa - que o bom espirito do Sado te faça igualmente brilhar no Tejo!
Magic formulas
Frogs + Ethnography = Wine
Before becoming winemakers, Catarina was a biologist studying the mating calls (“quak quak”) of the Iberian tree frog and David an anthropologist doing ethnography in the Western Indian Ocean. Through her research, Catarina found that female frogs generally respond to males who call in the local frog-dialect.
Only in some rare cases, females fall for the unique spell of a peculiar 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. ♥
How to find us
WALK OR CYCLE
5 minutes to walk from Belém train station, 2 minutes from Altinho (MAAT) tram stop, 10 minutes from the Belém Jeronimos Monastery, about an hour from Lisbon City Centre, Cais de Sodre, along the beautiful Tejo river walk. Or cycle!
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Train Cais de Sodre-Cascais, get off at Belém Train station. Eléctrico 15E or 18 E (Yellow tram) get off at Altinho (MAAT). Uber and Taxi stop in front of the cellar door.
CAR
Please use any of the nearby public parking lots, all within easy walking distance: Travessa dos Escaleres (next to Cordoaria) or Electricity Museum (next to MAAT south of railway, use public footbridge).