Soalheiro is Vegan certified

After being the first wine of the brand to adopt the sustainable bottle, Soalheiro Alvarinho Clássico is also the first in its portfolio to incorporate vegan certification.
2021 was a year of uncertainty in the vineyard, with challenges that forced winegrowers to take special care and adapted to the conditions of each moment of a year, which for viticulture was always unpredictable. Even so, the more than 150 families of local producers who work side by side with Soalheiro, despite the irregular conditions to which they were subjected, were based on a deep knowledge of the place and the time that passes from generation to generation to, this year difficult, to obtain grapes with unique characteristics such as the year in which they were born, with the usual quality, giving rise to a fresher and ideal harvest to work in the cellar, a characteristic increasingly valued by Soalheiro: precision.

After the debut of the eco-efficient bottle last year, which has since expanded to almost all other references, this year it is the first wine of the brand to receive vegan certification. Despite having been recognized for many years, this recognition stimulates the organization of internal procedures, reflecting them externally and, at the same time, ensuring consumer confidence. Reinforcing its positioning as a more inclusive wine, fully adapted to the demands of the most diverse consumer profiles, this recognition is added to the certifications already held by the brand, namely in research and development, environmental, among others.

For Luís Cerdeira, manager and winemaker at Soalheiro, «sustainability and conservation of the essence of production processes is part of our nature, the result of our respect for the Territory and for what it offers us. We have already embraced the organic certification of our vineyards, which has also allowed us to increase knowledge and biodiversity on the plots. Environmental certification is a reflection of the development of a collective conscience by our entire team. And the vegan certification now attests to what we have been accomplishing for several years, and which reinforces Soalheiro’s character as a brand that bets on knowledge to promote innovation and inclusion». In conclusion, he also states: «it is essential to continue working on the differentiating profile of Alvarinho and, at Soalheiro, we have tried to do so with a focus on consistency and innovation, trying to translate into each wine the respect for the work of the winegrowers and for the territory, recognizing in the certifications an engine of continuous improvement in the company and of transparency for the consumer».