At the Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo we are profoundly aware of the need to improve our integrated viticulture practices, in order to maintain the profile of our wines, which is essential for the validation of a project that will continue to serve future generations.
Despite added difficulties, due to the rigorous climate and topography of the terrain, we continue to perform numerous tasks via traditional techniques.
The Bagos d’Ouro Association began in 2010, based on the shared dream of Luísa Amorim and Father Amadeu Castro to achieve a more balanced, equitable and inclusive Douro. The main focus was to create equal opportunities for children and strengthen new generations to take an active role in reversing the cycle of poverty and social exclusion through education - the “most powerful weapon to change the world”.
Today, together with several wine producers from the Douro region, the Bagos d´Ouro Association is a large social solidarity institution that operates in 6 municipalities in the Douro - Alijó, Armamar, Murça, Sabrosa, São João da Pesqueira and Tabuaço. Its mission is to promote education and the social inclusion of underprivileged children and young people in the Douro.
The Bagos d'Ouro Association has established long-term commitments and local outreach strategies, and has had a positive impact on the territory and on the lives of more than 150 children and young people and their families, following their educational, social and family path to ensure integration into active life.
The Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo believes that the cultural legacy is the basis for the future in a great region such as the Douro. We are therefore proud to be involved in several regional movements and are partners with large organizations.
The Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a founding member of the Douro Museum Foundation, which is responsible for management of the Douro Museum. Luísa Amorim has served as a member of the Foundation’s board for two terms. The Douro Museum aims to gather, preserve, identify and disseminate the vast museological and documentary heritage scattered throughout the Douro Demarcated Wine Region.
From a perspective of "community museology", the Douro Museum assumes a preponderant role in cultural and social development, in full partnership with local, regional and international institutions. The Douro Museum is located in the emblematic building of the former Douro Wine Company (also known as the “General Company of Agriculture of the Wines of the Alto Douro”) in Régua, and can be visited all year round.
ACIBEV - Portuguese Wine and Spirits Association - is the Portuguese business association that represents a significant part of the turnover of the wine and spirits sector in the fields of production, distribution and trade. Its members include the majority of the leading companies in the country’s demarcated wine regions, which create brands and add value to Portuguese wines.
The association's objective is to create an environment that is conducive to the valuation and growth of the association’s member companies, and therefore always advocates the adoption of policies that contribute to the development and sustainability of responsible business practises.
Since 2009, Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is honoured to be a member of this association, whose objective is to develop and promote Porto and the North of Portugal as a tourism destination in Portugal and abroad, serving as a catalyst for fostering the prestige and notoriety of the zone in the various international markets.
The Porto and North Tourism Association is a non-profit organisation, founded in 1995, by a group of institutions with an interest in this sector. Due to its representativeness, rigour and know-how, it was named the Regional Tourist Promotion Agency by Turismo de Portugal, as the only entity in Porto and the North of Portugal eligible for promoting this Destination.
The “Sabrosa Douro XXI” Association is an inter-institutional collaboration project founded in 2006 with Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo and several private companies, and the Municipality of Sabrosa, which exercised functions in the General Meetings Board at the time. The association aims to boost tourism in the municipality of Sabrosa in different areas of culture and heritage, developing an integrated offer, in close articulation with public and private institutions and the local community.
D’Uva is a group of women and wine producers who joined forces in early 2016 to share the wine culture that they are passionate about and identify with. There are eight active professionals with various functions, leaders who are part of the new generation of producers and wine specialists who are increasing the profile of Portuguese wines in the world.
They are heirs of major wineries, with a strong tradition in the country, and carry the memory and culture of an ancestral Portuguese activity to modern wine production processes. With vineyards from the north to south of Portugal, from the Douro to Alentejo and the Lisbon region, the members of D’Uva are a symbol of the quality and diversity of Portuguese wines.
"The New Douro" was born in 2004, thanks to Paul Symington, Dirk Niepoort and Cristiano Van Zeller, at the time when a new generation of young wine producers took the reins of companies previously managed by the older generation. Remembering the history of the "Old Douro" continues to be essential, since Port Wine has been produced for over 300 years.
The production of still wines started to gain strength in the early 1990's. The “New Douro” already brings together 25 wine producers who jointly organise events in the world.
From the very outset, The Yeatman Hotel has established partnerships with Portugal’s finest wine producers, who actively participate in its tasting programs, thematic events and wine dinners.
Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo collaborates with The Yeatman, and has customised a room that provides guests with a knowledge of the history of the estate and the Douro Demarcated Wine Region.