Bulk Brandy Portugal

Brandy production Portugal

🇵🇹 Types of Portuguese Brandy

1. Aguardente Vínica (Wine Brandy)

   • Distilled from wine, similar to Cognac or Spanish Brandy de Jerez.

   • Often aged in oak barrels for a smooth, complex flavor.

   • Examples: Macieira, Aguardente Velha (old brandy), Constantino, CRF Reserva.

2. Bagaceira (Pomace Brandy)

   • Made from the grape skins and seeds left after winemaking (like Italian Grappa).

   • Typically stronger, drier, and more rustic.

   • Consumed as a traditional after-dinner digestif.

3. Aguardente de Medronho

   • Distilled from the fruit of the strawberry tree (medronho).

   • Specialty of the Algarve and Alentejo regions.

   • Fruity, aromatic, and quite potent.

Some pictures from out recent Trip to Portugal...., the suckling Pig was divine

There is basically 0 waste in this facility, even the Sawdust is reused coming from the IKEA plant in Portugal...