Winemakers - Portugal Boutique Winery

RICARDO SARRAZOLA

Producer and winemaker, has always been passionate about wine and its culture. Although he does not descend from a family of wine producers, he has shown very early an enormous curiosity for the wine world when, during family dinners, his father, a great connoisseur of wines, offered him wine tastings and allowed him to discover some of them. This passion ended up being determinant when the time came to choose a career path. He enrols in the oenology and viticulture course, in UTAD (Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro’s university), in Vila Real, being given the opportunity to get to know in loco several Portuguese wine-producing regions (under a harvest traineeship), like Bairrada, Douro and Alentejo.

After finishing his studies and already as an oenologist, Ricardo seeks to expand his experience to other countries and continents, like Australia, Uruguay, Switzerland and France (Bordeaux). The contact with other wine-producing cultures, revealing different approaches and ways of thinking the wine was crucial to his oenological training and enrichment.

In the aftermath of the diversified experiences lived, he is invited to be part of the team of oenologists of Herdade do Esporão, in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo, where he stays for two years. In 2020, Ricardo performs one of his dreams and decides to embrace a new project – Portugal Boutique Winery – starting producing wine in 3 great Portuguese wine-producing regions – Vinhos Verdes region, Douro/Planalto Mirandês and Bairrada.

RICARDO SARRAZOLA

Producer and winemaker, has always been passionate about wine and its culture. Although he does not descend from a family of wine producers, he has shown very early an enormous curiosity for the wine world when, during family dinners, his father, a great connoisseur of wines, offered him wine tastings and allowed him to discover some of them. This passion ended up being determinant when the time came to choose a career path. He enrols in the oenology and viticulture course, in UTAD (Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro’s university), in Vila Real, being given the opportunity to get to know in loco several Portuguese wine-producing regions (under a harvest traineeship), like Bairrada, Douro and Alentejo.

After finishing his studies and already as an oenologist, Ricardo seeks to expand his experience to other countries and continents, like Australia, Uruguay, Switzerland and France (Bordeaux). The contact with other wine-producing cultures, revealing different approaches and ways of thinking the wine was crucial to his oenological training and enrichment.

In the aftermath of the diversified experiences lived, he is invited to be part of the team of oenologists of Herdade do Esporão, in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo, where he stays for two years. In 2020, Ricardo performs one of his dreams and decides to embrace a new project – Portugal Boutique Winery – starting producing wine in 3 great Portuguese wine-producing regions – Vinhos Verdes region, Douro/Planalto Mirandês and Bairrada.

RICARDO SARRAZOLA

Producer and winemaker, has always been passionate about wine and its culture. Although he does not descend from a family of wine producers, he has shown very early an enormous curiosity for the wine world when, during family dinners, his father, a great connoisseur of wines, offered him wine tastings and allowed him to discover some of them. This passion ended up being determinant when the time came to choose a career path. He enrols in the oenology and viticulture course, in UTAD (Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro’s university), in Vila Real, being given the opportunity to get to know in loco several Portuguese wine-producing regions (under a harvest traineeship), like Bairrada, Douro and Alentejo.

After finishing his studies and already as an oenologist, Ricardo seeks to expand his experience to other countries and continents, like Australia, Uruguay, Switzerland and France (Bordeaux). The contact with other wine-producing cultures, revealing different approaches and ways of thinking the wine was crucial to his oenological training and enrichment.

In the aftermath of the diversified experiences lived, he is invited to be part of the team of oenologists of Herdade do Esporão, in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo, where he stays for two years. In 2020, Ricardo performs one of his dreams and decides to embrace a new project – Portugal Boutique Winery – starting producing wine in 3 great Portuguese wine-producing regions – Vinhos Verdes region, Douro/Planalto Mirandês and Bairrada.