In the huge landscape of the Douro valley, there’s a small spot which sparked an old dream.
It is in the village of Muxagata, in the county of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, a sub-region of the Douro Superior valley, where some of the best Portuguese wines are produced. It was there that a decade ago, Pedro Garcias, a journalist and wine critic, conceived the idea of making his own wine, which was to be called MAPA, with the purchase of the first lots of lands. Currently, the agriculture estate consists of two farms with a vineyard area of about 30 hectares.