Montarro White Frisante

Adega Cooperativa de Cantanhede, founded in 1954, is one of the most reputed wine-producing companies of Portugal, located in the demarcated wine-growing region of Bairrada, in the city of Cantanhede.

With about 500 active associated wine-growers and harvesting about 6-8 million kilos of grapes per year, this firm is the biggest producer of its region (representing around 40% of the total production) and certifies about 80% of its production with with the BAIRRADA DOC and BEIRA ATLÂNTICO IGP designations. For the last seven years, it has been the market leader concerning sales of wines and sparkling wines with those classifications
The quality of its wines has been frequently confirmed and recognized in Portugal and abroad, in the most important and prestigious international wine competitions, which result in more than 750 awards and accolades to its portfolio, in several wine competitions such as IWSC London, Mundus Vini – Germany, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Selections Mondiales des Vins – Canada, Effervescents du Monde – France and Berliner Wein Trophy – Germany. Not infrequently it has been the only winery from Bairrada with awarded wines in those contests.

In 2015 the winery was ranked among the TOP 100 Wineries of the World, according to the World Association of Writers and Journalists of Wine and Spirits.

In the last 8 years the winery was awarded 3 times as “Best Wine Cooperative” in Portugal:

February 2012 – “Best Wine Cooperative of the Year 2011” by the wine magazine “Revista de Vinhos”.

January 2017 – “Best Wine Cooperative” in the Special Awards Ceremony of the 10th Anniversary of the wine magazine “Paixão pelo Vinho”

February 2020 – “Best Wine Cooperative of the Year 2019” by the wine magazine “Vinho – Grandes Escolhas”

In 2014 it has also been awarded as “Sparkling Wine Producer 2013” by the most recognized wine writer in Portugal – Aníbal Coutinho.