The story goes that during the second French invasion of Portugal, the people of the current municipality of Boticas, afraid that they would be robbed of their belongings, hid what they could, including the wine, which was buried in the cellar floor, under the barrels and presses.
A TESTIMONY TO THE INGENUITY AND RESILIENCE OF THE BARROSO PEOPLE THAT HAS SURVIVED TO THE PRESENT DAY.
Mais tarde quando recuperaram os bens, descobriram que o vinho tinha adquirido propriedades inesperadas. Um vinho com baixo teor alcoólico e algum gás, fruto do processo de fermentação natural durante o período que ficou enterrado e cuja conservação foi beneficiada pela temperatura constante e a ausência de luz. Por ter sido enterrado, recebeu o nome de Vinho dos Mortos.
The Vinho dos Mortos is a testimony to the ingenuity and resilience of the Barroso people that has survived to the present day.
Tiago Rodrigues
Born in Lisbon, he left the capital for a village in Barroso, where he has developed projects with various local institutions. He is a graphic designer and art editor at UMinho Editora. In 2017, he founded Terra Callaeci, a project dedicated to the promotion of the cultural landscape of Trás-os-Montes, as a construction of the people who inhabited (and inhabit) it.
