White Blend of Arinto, Antao, & Vaz Roupeiro from Alentejo, Portugal.

We were delighted to have Susana at the Local in February 2025 to hear her process and taste her amazing array of wines from Portalegre. Susana has established herself as a winemaking icon in Portugal and beyond. With a degree in chemistry and masters in enology, she’s worked a variety of wineries in the Douro region and has served as a consultant for several properties in Alentejo where she found the vineyards of her dreams on the granite slopes and old vines of Serra de Sao Mamede.

Her Aventura is a blend of Arinto, Antao, and Vaz Roupeiro harvested from her younger vines at around 1800 feet elevation.

Fermented in stainless steel tanks for a year, the wine is bright and fresh with a sea salt minerality and flavors and aromas of overripe tropical fruits and the slightest suggestion of sweet!