Quinta de Paços

Quinta de Paços Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. is a family-based company which exploits its agricultural patrimony aiming to produce high-quality wines with a distinctive personality, resulting from a special emphasis on their natural and authentic character.

The society's patrimony comprises an area of around 200 hectares, divided into five estates in the municipality of Barcelos – Casa de Paços - Quinta de Paços, Prazo da Cotovia, Morgadio do Perdigão, Quinta de Vila Meã and Morgadio de Real – and one in the municipality of Monção – Casa do Capitão-Mor - Quinta da Boavista.

In the municipality of Barcelos, Casa de Paços - Quinta de Paços has remained a property of the same family for more than 500 years and 15 generations, maintaining a tradition of expertise on wine making in the region of Minho lasting for more than 5 centuries.

In the parish of Mazedo, municipality of Monção, Morgadio da Boavista has its first reference in the 14th century, being at the time owned by Afonso de Novaes, Knight of King D. Dinis. Later, in 1640, it became the property of the Captain Major of Monção, Francisco Soares de Castro, hence the name Casa do Capitão-Mor (Captain Major's House), by which it came to be known until today.