Living the Territory

A 750 year old territory. Visit us and be a part of this story.

 

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Herdade do Esporão

 

Located in the heart of the Alentejo, the doors at Herdade do Esporão are open to visitors, every day.

Visit the vineyards, the kitchen gardens and the ampelographic field. Travel back in time and discover the history of this place or enjoy exploring the biodiversity of this territory.

Or simply take a break to taste our olive oil produced in our mill, try regional products or unveil the secrets of how we make our wines with a visit to the wineries.

A wine tasting or lunch at the Herdade do Esporão Restaurant is the perfect end to the experience.

AMENITIES

We have a foyer with wi-fi access, a garden and plenty of free space for walks.

Discover the Guided Tours, Wine and Olive Oil Tastings, Tours and Group Programs.

At the Restaurant, delight yourself with the creations of our team, made with seasonal vegetables and fruits.

Try our wines, craft beers and olive oils at the bar and take home the regional products that are available to you in the store.

Explore the Herdade and enjoy your visit without worries: we have bicycles for you to lose yourself in the charms of the Alentejo landscape.

WINE TOURISM OPENING HOURS

From 10:00am to 7:00pm
Open every day.

For reservations please contact: reservas@esporao.com or (+351) 266 509 280.

For complaints and suggestions, please go to www.livroreclamacoes.pt.

Visits and Tastings

Visits and Tastings

Discover how we produce our wines with a visit to the wineries, and unveil the differences between them, learning more about each grape variety.

Test your senses with a wine tasting and experience the richness and variety of the ancestral Alentejo olive oil culture.

Find out more about what you can do bellow and start preparing your visit.

Tour & Tasting at the Winneries

We begin this tour in the vineyards, where are discussed some organic production methods.

Discover the different Herdade do Esporão winemaking processes in the Monte Velho and Lagares Wineries.

Wine tastings includes 2 white wines and 2 red wines (Esporão Colheita White & Esporão Colheita Red and Esporão Reserva White & Esporão Reserva Red)*, offering fruity and fresh characteristics, as well as the elegance and full-bodiness of more complex wines.

*Depending on available stocks.

 

€18 PER PERSON | €5 PER CHILDREN between 6 and 17 years (without tasting)

 

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
2 to 20 people

DURATION
2h00

SCHEDULE
11 am |  English
12 pm and 5 pm | Portuguese

BOOKING

Reservations via e-mail to reservas@esporao.com

Booking subject to confirmation of availability.

 

NOTES:

(1) Tour without tasting: Organoleptic tasting is part of the tour’s experience and is always included. Learn to taste and recognize wines. Drinking it is not necessary.

Tour in the Olive Oil Mill with Tasting of three extra virgin olive oils

Along with wine, olive oil is an important part of Alentejo’s culture and Mediterranean diet. Discover our olive oil production process and explore a modern and innovative olive oil mill.

Includes a technical tasting of 3 extra virgin olive oils* in the Wine Bar cloisters.

*depending on available stocks.

 

€16 PER PERSON | 5€ PER CHILD between 6 and 12 years

 

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
2 to 20 people

DURATION
2h00

SCHEDULE
10 am | Portuguese and English

BOOKING

Reservations via e-mail to reservas@esporao.com

Booking subject to confirmation of availability.

BIKE RIDES

 

Our Wine Tourism offers bikes and maps for you to tour the Estate and discover interesting places. Enjoy these rides at your own pace, without guides, with a just a map for company.

 

BIKE RENTAL

1 Day – €15

TRAILS

The landscape of Herdade do Esporão presents itself as a living picture, where something new blossoms up to be contemplated in every corner and every season. The discovery of nature and landscape can be done through three marked trails, with different degrees of difficulty.

 

Recomendations: 

  • Ask for a map at the tourism reception
    Recommended time of year: All, but choose to do it early in the morning on hot days. Avoid doing it on rainy days. For your safety, plan your walk so that you return before nightfall.
  • It is advisable to wear clothing and footwear that allows good mobility and suitable for the time of year in which you are doing the route.
  • Take with you: hat, snacks (fruit, energy bars and nuts), water (especially during the Summer) and sunscreen.
  • In case of emergency contact: 112 (national emergency number).
  • If you need assistance from the wine tourism team contact: (+351) 266 509 280 (wine tourism number, available between 10am and 6.30pm).

 

Very important: during the season of higher temperatures, and for preventive and safety reasons, it is expressly forbidden to smoke and make fire or any other type of combustion outdoors (even in a hole).

Wine Bar

In our Wine Bar you can taste our wines, olive oils and craft beers. We offer several tastings and snacks from the region to accompany.
Find out more about our offer here.
Booking subject to availability.

Shop

In our store you can find our wines, olive oils and craft beers produced in all our territories and some exclusive products. This is the right place to find some old vintages, limited editions, tests and some experiments. The first and last stop on any visit to Herdade do Esporão.

The Spaces

Restaurant

A project by the architecture studio Skrei, also responsible for the project of the wine cellar of Esporão. The intervention seeks to unify the different environments that characterize the diversity of experiences that the wine tourismo offers. Thus the relationship between the landscape and the interior of the building establishes itself before a strategy of transparency and luminosity. Based on the principle of the concept of supply, we tried to materialize in the spaces the same idea, through the use of materials recovered from the industry itself and the activity of the Estate, namely oak barrels, sheep’s wool and metal.
Enoturismo e Restaurante
Herdade do Esporão
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reservas@esporao.com
(+351) 266 509 280

Terrace

The ample terrace of the Estate’s restaurant ends where the vineyard begins, offering a panoramic view of the lake. It is ideal for alfresco dining while enjoying the long sunny days of the Alentejo, as well as the tranquillity of a landscape that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Tasting room in the Cellar

The tasting room of the cellar was also rethought by the architecture studio SKREI. According to the architect Pedro Jervell, the idea was that one could live the experience of the whole wine producing process. All this environment describes a scenario in which the process is the story that the wine goes through until tasted.

In the middle of this factory scenario, there is a moment of reflection on the history of the company, two wine cellars show the collection resulting from years of production since 1985. To taste this history, ambiguous elements have been designed mixing with the space, which illuminate and serve the wine, just as the ambiguity present in the very tasting of wine, which depends on the person and the context.

Finally, the wood and stainless steel with the Reguengos de Monsaraz typical rugs generate a dialogue of materials that embrace all the structural concrete of the cellars.