Collection: Casa do JOA

Casa DO JOA rises in the village of Parada, 20 km from Bragança. Typical northern village whose name is etymologically associated with historical and geographical circumstances as a “stop by” place. Perhaps that’s why it is a village where time looks like it passes so slowly and without rushing to go anywhere.
By rehabilitating an old haystack house and preserving its original stone walls, was born the new wine cellar that holds this dreaming project. Despite being a new structure, it kept harmony without distorting its landscape.
It’s on this land that JOA (Jorge Ortega Afonso) has his origins and it made complete sense to call “Casa” to the place where the soul feels happy.
Parada is a high land, it’s around 800m high. In other people’s time, it was rich in tin and wolfram land. In this people’s time, it is rich in chestnut trees, olive trees and vines. These ones especially, are pure, in free standing regime and resistant to phylloxera, they are over 130 years old and have over 20 different types of grape varieties.
Because they have centuries and due to the grafts made by other generations, there are strains that can carry different grape varieties in different sticks.
Producing wine is already an old tradition from this village’s people and the JOA’s family is no exception. It’s with passion that everyone gathers and celebrates another year of the beautiful alchemy that is transforming the berry into wine.
So that this practice wouldn’t be lost over time, JOA took charge of the family production. As not only from JOA vines are Parada’s fields made of, he persuaded the villagers to not forget with him so this heritage wouldn’t disappear. Studied, learned and enhanced his knowledge. Allying the most recent enological technologies to the lessons of previous generations, created Alto do JOA and Feito de JOA. A wine with an old spirit but full of strength to last until time decides it to stop.