Adega Vitivinícola Lucas Lopes Amaral

“My son is the youngest vigneron in the whole of the Azores Archipelago.” - Sandra Lopes Amaral

"It all began some three years ago” (in 2020) Sandra recounts, "when Lucas was not even nineteen. He was studying to become a vigneron in the small town of Mirandela in northern Portugal, and in the meantime, he was working at Antonio Maçanita's estate in the Douro Valley to learn the winemaking trade. While for generations our family had harvested grapes to sell to local producers but never embarked upon its own production, Lucas saw a different future for himself. The arrival of Covid convinced my husband and me to ask Lucas to anticipate his return to Pico in exchange for the opportunity to start his own Adega."

The Pico island is one of nine islands which makes up the Azores archipelago, located about 1,000 miles west of continental Portugal. Pico is also one of the three Azorean appellations demarcated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The island’s wineries, with harsh maritime climate and tough volcanic terrain, are built with corrals (volcanic stone walls) surrounding their vines to protect them throughout the growing season.

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