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102<br />
GASTRONOMIE<br />
Ramos Pinto<br />
Wine is an art<br />
The Ramos Pinto company groups together<br />
four winemaking estates of the Douro Region,<br />
which are situated at high altitude and past<br />
which the river flows. The soil is granitic and<br />
produces grapes of variable acidity. Each of<br />
these exceptional quintas make their own particular<br />
contribution to the Ramos Pinto wines.<br />
Founded in 1880 by Adriano Ramos Pinto, a<br />
young twenty-one-year old artist, the company<br />
quickly made a name for itself thanks to innovative<br />
strategies based on constant research and<br />
experimentation into wine making. The meticulous<br />
care that is given to quality, to sales promotion<br />
and to packaging has made the brand<br />
an undisputed market leader. It is the designs<br />
of the young artist that are to be found on the<br />
bottles, and this has led to a collection of works<br />
of art being put on display in the “Casa Ramos<br />
Pinto” museum space.<br />
The passion Adriano Ramos Pinto felt for art<br />
and culture, is still present at the heart of the<br />
brand’s philosophy. In 1997 the company opened<br />
the Ervamoira Archaeology Museum,<br />
which carries out research on environment,<br />
oenology, archaeology and anthropology of<br />
the Cöa valley. The documents that form part
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