[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(31,31,31,0.5)” background_image=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/QDS_B9A7217CB.jpg” background_blend=”overlay” height=”50em” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” width=”75%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
At a time of life when you might start thinking about what you want to do when you retire, we came to Portugal to explore the options for a holiday place in the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n We had no clear idea about where to look or what to look for. During those ten days, however, we fell in love with the country and with a plot of land in the Algarve of a size and nature that made us stop and wonder how it might change the course of our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ specialty_columns=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”25%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#62312D” text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cIt became a place of inspiration, one that filled us with a sense of wonder and possibility.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n When we first found it, back in 2005, it was abandoned and unkempt \u2013 nine hectares of uninhabited land, with neither water nor electricity, in a country where we neither knew anyone nor spoke the language. Not everyone\u2019s idea of paradise.<\/p>\n And yet, within days of first discovering it, an idea was born.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n We named it Quinta dos Sentidos.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2005.png” title_text=”2005″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px|-20px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pic_2.png” title_text=”pic_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2010.png” background_size=”initial” background_position=”bottom_right” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pic_1.png” title_text=”pic_1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”25%” custom_padding=”30px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#62312D” text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201cIt turned out to be a long and bumpy road\u201d<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n It took several years for that idea to materialize. Years of planning, shaping, building and not least overcoming bureaucratic obstacles. <\/p>\n Years of transforming the estate\u2019s landscape into what would one day become Quinta dos Sentidos.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”bottom_center” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2012.png” background_size=”initial” background_position=”bottom_left” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”25%” custom_padding=”30px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#62312D” text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201cBuilding up a wine and olive oil estate from scratch is an enormous undertaking\u201d<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||125px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Finally, it was time to <\/span>establish<\/span> <\/span>the <\/span>vineyards<\/span>. First, we <\/span>had the land cleared and the<\/span> <\/span>old olive trees <\/span>carefully moved and replanted, olive trees <\/span>which, to\u00a0this day, <\/span>contribute to the<\/span> <\/span>flavourful<\/span> olive <\/span>oils<\/span> <\/span>of <\/span>Quinta <\/span>d<\/span>os Sentidos.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Then we painstakingly had <\/span>14,000 young vines planted <\/span>in our rocky ground \u2013 each and every one of them by hand.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1190-1.jpg” title_text=”IMG_1190-1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/qds_mix.png” title_text=”qds_mix” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”25%” custom_padding=”30px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#62312D” text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201cFrom zero to 90 (Parker points) \u2013 admittedly we were quite proud” Four years of tending the vines from planting to the first harvest. Our patience, however, paid off when we could finally enjoy the first sip of Quinta dos Sentidos wine.<\/p>\n Our own wine. That was the moment we knew it had been worth all the effort. Passion and careful attention to detail rewarded us with a wine that was not only delicious but spoke volumes about its place of origin.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2016.png” title_text=”2016″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” filter_opacity=”90%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/symbol_color.png” background_size=”initial” background_position=”bottom_left” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/qds.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.png” title_text=”2022″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#62312D” text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”50px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n And beyond…<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Montserrat||on||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Since 2013\u00a0Quinta dos Sentidos <\/strong>is where we live and feel at home.<\/p>\n Home where we make our wines, olive oils, verjus and honey. 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