Gastronomic Experience

We invite you to savour some delicacies from Portugal's northernmost territory, while enjoying breathtaking views over the Minho river valley. This gastronomic experience is available as an add-on to one of our tastings or tours, with which it must be booked together.

Quinta de Folga, very close to our winery, focuses on raising Bísaro pigs. Our region has a long history of using this breed for traditional smoked meats and other dishes. Here, the pigs are reared ecologically, and we are particularly aware of the importance of protecting our environment. This gastronomic experience features a variety of products from Quinta de Folga, produced using artisanal production methods, based on traditional Melgaço recipes.

Prados de Melgaço is a small goat cheese producer focused on all stages of the production process. The animals are very well looked after, keeping them happy and ensuring the best breeding and feeding conditions. This practice makes it possible to obtain milk of exceptional quality that is then combined with unique local flavours to create refined cheeses.

The bread comes from Melgaço, the honey is from Mel do Zé, an artisan producer who lives across the road from Soalheiro, and the butter is flavoured with our aromatic herbs. At Quinta de Folga, amidst the vineyards and forest, there is also an organic vegetable garden and orchard, where the pumpkins for the handmade jam come from.

As a main course, Acém (chuck beef) is slow cooked with Soalheiro Oppaco and accompanied by potatoes and vegetables from our organic garden.

For dessert, traditional recipes with a touch of our team and fruit from our organic orchard.

These local flavours from our territory will be paired with The Pur Terroir herbal tea.

The lunch menu includes:

STARTERS:

• Selection of Quinta de Folga smokehouse Bísaro pig meats: smoked ham dry-cured for more than 6 years, dry-cured smoked pork sausage, smoked blood sausage, smoked sausage made with pork and bread, smoked pork sausage
• Goat cheese board from Prados de Melgaço: mid-cured goat cheese and Alvarinho & Paprika cured goat cheese
• Locally made honey from “Mel do Zé” and Quinta de Folga’s pumpkin jam
• Butter seasoned with The Pur Terroir aromatic herbs
• Regional bread from Melgaço

MAIN COURSE:

• Acém slow cooked in Soalheiro Oppaco reduction sauce
• Potatoes and vegetables from our organic garden

DESSERTS

• Traditional desserts from Melgaço (“Aletria” or Crème brûlée flavoured with lemongrass)
• Seasonal fruits (Roasted apple or Drunken poached pears in Soalheiro 9%)

– Coffee

– The Pur Terroir Herbal Tea

VEGAN OPTION*

seasonal vegetable steak seasoned with smoked paprika, on a bed of mashed butter beans and “molho verde” (portuguese typical sauce)