Quinta
Portuguese name for a winemaking enterprise. The vineyard, climate or exceptional soil gives the wine its specific character, providing it with a distinctive category of great class. In all countries wineries have their distinctive names: grand or premier cru in Bordeaux; domaine, climat or clos in Burgundy; vigneti in Italy; single vineyard in California, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; pago in Spain; quinta or casa in Portugal etc. The quinta is characterised by the fact that it has all the different varieties of vines that are used to produce the wine, all grown with specific methods. In a certain way, it is possible to say that a quinta wine is totally grown and made at home; exactly the contrary to the wine of a negóciant (bought out of the adega).