{"id":18,"date":"2025-12-10T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:31:27","slug":"sobre-nos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/sobre-nos\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f8f184 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f8f184\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5ed77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c5ed77\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4869f91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4869f91\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6453b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df6453b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRESENTATION: THE COMPANY<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c63075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c63075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Real Companhia Velha is the oldestcwine company in Portugal, having celebrated 265 years of existence and uninterrupted activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d0cceb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d0cceb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\\\/en\\\/video_intro_rcv-transcode\\\/&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b52b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5b52b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738d3b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"738d3b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4998639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4998639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Behind it lies the record of a remarkable history and a glorious past. Looking to the future, there remains the determination to maintain a high standard of quality in its wines and the confidence in a Company where precision and the vision to make even more history are a constant focus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334b599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"334b599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since its foudation on the 10th september 1756 by Royal Charter of D. Jos\u00e9 I, King of Portugal, under the auspices of his Prime Minister, Sebasti\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, the importance of this chartered Company was reflected by the valuable services to the community, being the most relevant, the demarcation of the Douro region \u2013 the oldest wine appellation in the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a793391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a793391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since 1960, Real Companhia Velha has been managed by the Silva Reis family, which has devoted all its efforts to the production of Port Wine and Douro DOC wines, through an in-depth study of the Douro terroir. The Company owns five estates in the Alto Douro Wine Region\u2014Quinta das Carvalhas, Quinta de Cidr\u00f4, Quinta dos Aciprestes, Quinta do Casal da Granja, and Quinta do S\u00edbio\u2014totaling 557 hectares of estate-owned vineyards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02775c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"02775c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286267e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"286267e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0414e73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0414e73\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad30d70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad30d70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Douro<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2e640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae2e640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2001, UNESCO classified the Douro Valley as World Heritage for the exquisiteness of its landscape, its unique culture and its preserved nature. Known as the oldest oldest appellation in the World, the Douro offers an anthropic landscape, a true masterpiece created by the many generations that have lived in this land by perfecting and mainly preserving its culture and tradition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa7521 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fa7521\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\\\/en\\\/video_intro_rcv-transcode\\\/&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-358b9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"358b9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/douro-imagem-da-quinta-das-carvalha-comp.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-555\" alt=\"douro-imagem-da-quinta-das-carvalha-comp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/douro-imagem-da-quinta-das-carvalha-comp.webp 1280w, https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/douro-imagem-da-quinta-das-carvalha-comp-300x143.webp 300w, https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/douro-imagem-da-quinta-das-carvalha-comp-1024x489.webp 1024w, https:\/\/realcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/douro-imagem-da-quinta-das-carvalha-comp-768x367.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b989a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b989a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc5f1db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc5f1db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e442520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e442520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is an anthropogenic landscape, shaped by the work of successive generations of people from the Douro, who built it, refined it, and above all knew how to preserve it, thus contributing to the development of a unique body of knowledge with deep-rooted tradition.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34fd4ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34fd4ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOver centuries, people have developed a process of adaptation to the knowledge and techniques of viticulture in the Douro Valley, which is now considered one of the most charismatic wine regions in the world.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6d216 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad6d216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Douro Valley is characterized for its unique and imposing beauty with vineyards planted on its traditional terraces and supported by the ancestral schist walls, which have become true keepers of its history, architecture and landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26d364 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b26d364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Douro is known as the birth place for Port Wine and became notably recognized during the 18th century with the foundation of Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro, also known as Real Companhia Velha, on the 10th september 1756. Considering its role delegated by the King, this chartered company created the first demarcation of the region, the so called \u201cDemarca\u00e7\u00e3o Pombalina da Regi\u00e3o do Douro\u201d, undertaking, during the first century of existence, important functions  by regulating and controlling the production of Port Wine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7293852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7293852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Douro is characterized by its mountainouse viticulture, benefitting from an extremely hilly orography and a series of mountain chains on the South and West, while limited to areas of plateau on the North and East. Its climate is depicted by cold and wet winters while summers are hot and dry. The region is divided into three sub-regions, each having very particular characteristics: Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo and Douro Superior.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c700e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18c700e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f74d46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f74d46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a18e1d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a18e1d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ad504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7ad504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Porto Wine cellars<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3635b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3635b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once the harvest is concluded, the winter arrives to take the place of the warm and pleasant autumn. In spring Port follows its journey into our cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia where young Ports are left to ageing for many years, gaining in structure and complexity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca85825 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca85825\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27bdca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c27bdca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e8ab9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e8ab9f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfa7872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfa7872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Deep in the silence of our cellars, Ports rest in noble oak barrels, a product of the hand of skilled coopers that have working with the Company for many generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82217ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82217ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Asleep in a unique environment, the barrels and vats for Port are lost in time\u2026 10\u2026 20\u2026 30 years\u2026 who cares! \u2026 Only the time required for each Port to achieve its exact point of maturation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55524c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55524c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The cellars\u2019 proximity to the sea, offers the natural climatic conditions that are essential for the ageing process of this sublime nectar, valued for the aged colour and velvety texture on the palate, result of a natural \u201coxidation\u201d development: the mysterious process of breathing through the pores of the oak.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o: a empresa A Real Companhia Velha \u00e9 a mais antiga empresa de vinhos de Portugal, desde 1756 em atividade ininterrupta ao servi\u00e7o do Vinho do Porto Para tr\u00e1s, fica o registo de uma hist\u00f3ria fabulosa e de um passado glorioso. 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