Flight of the Month

Come drink insanely delicious, and highly allocated Portuguese wines with Vinho Vadio’s founder and winemaker, Luís Patrão on Wednesday October 2nd at 6pm!

Vinho Vadio is a boutique, family-owned winery located in the Bairrada region of Portugal, founded in 2005 by husband-and-wife team Luís Patrão and Eduarda Dias. Situated in the village of Poutena, 120 miles north of Lisbon, Vadio encompasses 13 vineyards spread across 10 hectares, which are subdivided into 27 completely distinct plots and an old warehouse that was adapted in a very simple way for wine production.

Focusing on Bairrada’s indigenous grape varietals, Baga, Cercial, and Bical, Bairrada is the youngest DO [Denominación de Origen] in Portugal. It is bounded on the north by the river Vouga, on the south by the river Mondego, on the east by the Caramulo-Bussaco and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The typical atlantic climate due to its proximity of the sea, together with the clay-limestone soils and native grape varieties have always contributed to the uniqueness of Bairrada’s wines. The region has 7,000 hectares of vineyards, with the average size of plots being 0.2 hecteres. It is known for its red wines from baga with great ageing potential, for the freshness of its whites and character of its sparkling wines.

Due to the extremely small production, and even smaller allocations overseas, these wines are nearly impossible to find. This is the first time they’ve made their way to Colorado with only 6-12 bottles total of each in most instances…and you know we somehow managed to make them ours! The only way anyone can taste them is at Vin Rouge and this month you get to taste them with the man that gets to take credit for this art.