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Monção-Melgaço Alvarinho Producers Draw €6+ Million in Vineyard Investment as Anselmo Mendes Books €5.5M Revenue, Soalheiro Ships 480,000 Bottles to 55 Markets and Grape Prices Hit €1.20/kg

Monção-Melgaço Alvarinho Producers Draw €6+ Million in Vineyard Investment as Anselmo Mendes Books €5.5M Revenue, Soalheiro Ships 480,000 Bottles to 55 Markets and Grape Prices Hit €1.20/kg

The Alvarinho boom in Monção-Melgaço delivered 12 million litres of 2025 wine across 1,514 hectares. Anselmo Mendes' €2M Quinta da Torre, Soalheiro's €1M press hall and the Quinta do Louridal €3M enoturismo project anchor a producer wave with grape prices at €1.20/kg.
The Portugal Brief
Portuguese Cork Sector Guards Its 50% Slice of Global Raw Production as Apcor Weighs Climate Pressure on the Alentejo Montado — 59% of Stands Now Show No Natural Regeneration in Frontiers Research

Portuguese Cork Sector Guards Its 50% Slice of Global Raw Production as Apcor Weighs Climate Pressure on the Alentejo Montado — 59% of Stands Now Show No Natural Regeneration in Frontiers Research

Portugal holds roughly 50% of global raw cork production and ranks as the world's largest cork exporter, anchoring a €1 billion-plus export sector — but Frontiers research flags 59% of Portuguese cork-oak stands now show no natural regeneration under climate stress.
The Portugal Brief
Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público

Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público

Two 5,000-year-old antas and a Roman vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros, Évora were destroyed for a NOGAM walnut plantation — the Câmara opens an inquérito interno, the tutela refers to the Ministério Público, with a 2020 Vale da Moura precedent in the same parish.
The Portugal Brief