Herdade dos Grous

Herdade dos Grous is a wine and agritourism estate at Albernoa, south of Beja in the Alentejo. Opened in 2004, it covers about 1,100 hectares of vineyards, olive groves, holm and cork oak woodland, pasture and a large reservoir. Guests stay in 24 rooms overlooking the lake, with gardens, a pool and a restaurant serving traditional Alentejo cooking.

The estate was the first Portuguese wine producer to receive the sustainable production certification of the Alentejo Wines Sustainability Programme, in 2020, and it also holds ISO 14001 environmental certification covering the winery, vineyard, olive grove and livestock. No herbicides are used in the vineyard, where natural ground cover is kept, and the estate reports organic farming practices across its agricultural land. Three photovoltaic parks supply part of its electricity, and hedges, riverside vegetation, temporary ponds and bat boxes have been installed to support wildlife.

Visitors can taste the wines, learn about olive oil production, horse breeding and organic farming, walk by the lake and watch birds. The restaurant favours organic herbs and vegetables grown on the farm. The estate lies about 17 kilometres from Beja and some 170 kilometres from Lisbon.