Posts by Tony Ross
Organic Status
In January 2022 we received wonderful news! Rabo de Lobo is now an organically certified vineyard! We are, as far as we know, the only organically certified vineyard in our area. So this year we can make organic wine from organic grapes
Read MoreVerandas, our latest addition
Step by step, we are building our business. Saving up money, buying new properties. This is our latest addition: the vineyard Verandas. Verandas used to be the ultimate vineyard. Prizewinning wines coming from extraordinary vines. Over time this fell into neglect and the land sold, resulting in fire damage and removal of vines. We are…
Read MoreGrowing Vines
It is that special time of year again. The grapes are ready to be picked. It looks like today is going to be the day that the grapes are ready to be picked. The grapes are being tested to estimate the alcohol by volume of the wine based upon the sugar content of the grape…
Read MoreThe honey and the bees
As a result of Portugal’s unique biodiversity and ancient beekeeping tradition, the Portuguese have been able to craft a wide variety of honeys. At Rabo de Lobo we embrace these traditions and keep a 100 bee hives with a total population of approximately 5.000.000 bees. Their ecosystem services are pollination, protection, feeding us people, birds…
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