{"id":11027,"date":"2025-02-12T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quintadocrasto.wine\/welcome-note\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:14:13","slug":"welcome-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.quintadocrasto.wine\/en\/welcome-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome note"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11027\" class=\"elementor elementor-11027 elementor-11011\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b469e48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b469e48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32521e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32521e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I first came into contact with the Douro Valley and Quinta do Crasto in 1962. That\u2019s when I married Leonor Guedes de Almeida, whose grandfather Constantino de Almeida had been founder of the famed Constantino Port house. Since then, Quinta do Crasto has become my life\u2019s work. The last fifty years have brought me immense joy, but as in any great passion, great sacrifices as well.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994 we began to bottle and sell our own Douro wines. Soon afterwards we began marketing Porto wines from Quinta\u2019s stocks, beginning with the 1978 Vintage Port. At about the same time, I was able to start sharing this passion with my three children \u2013 Miguel, Tom\u00e1s and Rita \u2013 whose hard work and energetic commitment have helped Quinta do Crasto earn its eminent position on the global wine map.<\/p>\n<p>We started by investing in the vineyards themselves \u2013 the central component to producing quality wines. We started by investing in the vineyards themselves \u2013 the central component to producing quality wines. In response to the growing global interest in the Douro wines, we decided to invest even further and bought Quinta da Cabreira in Douro Superior (Upper Douro), a 150-hectare property, where we planted 114 hectares of vineyards. Later, in 2006, we acquired Quinta do Querindelo, strengthening the response to our growing needs. Investments continued with the renovation of the barrel cellar and, more recently, with the remodeling of wine cellars and lagares. Currently, we are again investing in the requalification of some vineyards.<\/p>\n\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-881068e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"881068e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-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\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725d17a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"725d17a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d3ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99d3ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our winemakers have been key to this lifelong journey. They have brought vastly differing backgrounds, styles and skills together to make an invaluable contribution to the production of our wines.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a grand adventure for all involved, marked by many great triumphs. I\u2019m convinced that many new adventures lie ahead and that they will bring continued success to our wines. This is just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>The passion continues\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Jorge Roquette<\/h3>\n\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first came into contact with the Douro Valley and Quinta do Crasto in 1962. 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