The Reynolds family originated from England and have had associations with Portugal since Thomas J. Reynolds arrived in 1820 – attracted by the potential of the wine trade.
Set on the edge of the Parque Natural de Serra de S. Mamede close to the Spanish border – almost parallel with Lisbon – the one-hundred acres of vineyard is surrounded by meadows, oak and cork trees on a soil of mainly shale.
The terrain promotes huge temperate variations from night to date which gives great ripening conditions for the grapes, which are mainly the Alicante Bouschet variation which was introduced to Portugal by the Reynolds family.
Sophie Shepherd paid a visit to this Wright Wine Company favourite in June…
Such is the popularity of our Sheep Town Gin, that we had to ask the nice people at Whittaker’s to distill some more! Luckily for us Toby and Jane were very accommodating, so it’s now back on the shelves.