Walking in Ervamoira, a wine farm in the Douro Valley, Portugal where they produce Port wine and table wine.
It'spectacular and unexpected to see a planted vineyard where is so warm and so dry that only olive, almond and fig trees could grow and nothing else can.
The merit belongs to Ramos Pinto the famous Portuguese wine makers.
José Ramos Pinto was looking for a more flat estate to able to have a mechanized vineyard structure and found this estate that, at that time was called Quinta de Santa Maria.
The farm was "re"baptized as Ervamoira, like the book from Suzanne Chantal.
This is one of the warmer and dryer areas in Portugal so you may want to avoid the summer months because it will be to hot to walk. During winter it can also be too cold … extreme temperatures, very characteristic of inland regions of the northeast regions.
This area, called Fôz Côa, is quite known due to an impressive set of prehistoric drawings. In case you want to visit the engravings you will need to go to the Tourist Office at Vila Nova de Foz Côa and get a guided visit.
Remember, above all this is a wine region so taste the wonderful wines you can find here, both table wines and Port wine. I tasted (several times) their white Port wine and is delicious.
A special thanks to Sónia Teixeira the official guide of the Ervamoira and a lovely host.
From Chãs to Ervamoira's premises is a 7,5 Km walk with 390 m descent (blue line of the map) and from Ervamoira's premises until Chãs is a 9 Km walk with 375 m ascent (red line of the map), taking into account that you might want to see the engravings in the meantime.
From Chãs to Ervamoira's premises is a 7,5 Km walk with 390 m descent (blue line of the map) and from Ervamoira's premises until Chãs is a 9 Km walk with 375 m ascent (red line of the map), taking into account that you might want to see the engravings in the meantime.
Enjoy yourself.
David Monteiro
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