Description of the attraction
Red and white wines from Alcobas are known to wine connoisseurs and gourmets. The city has a Wine Museum, which was created at the end of the twentieth century under the patronage of the Portuguese Institute of Wine and Winemaking.
The museum itself is located about 1.2 km from Alcobas and is located in the building of a former winery. The collection of wines has about ten thousand copies from all over Portugal. There are even 50-year-old wines in the collection. In the museum, you can visit a storage room that was used to store agricultural tools, wine cellars and a tavern where you can taste regional wine.
The building of the old winery was built in 1875 by the famous large wine producer of that time - Jose Eduardo Raposo de Magalshaes in order to develop winemaking in this region. Jose Eduardo Raposo de Magalshaes is a Portuguese engineer. After the proclamation of Portugal as a republic, he was appointed governor of Leiria.
Portugal is very famous for its wine. The country's winemaking tradition dates back to the 6th century BC. It was then that the Phoenicians settled on the lands of Portugal and brought in a variety of grape varieties. Today, the country has over forty wine regions producing high quality world-class wines. It is worth noting that Portuguese wines are considered some of the best in the world because of their exclusive and special taste. The most famous brands are port and Madeira. It is known that many winemakers now squeeze juice from grapes with their feet, as was done in the old days, and instead of props they use trees, planting grapes nearby.
