Apocalipse Grande Reserva Red 2022

VolteFace tells the story of Teresa Metelo Dias, who grew up in the vineyards but fell in love with psychoanalysis and earned a degree in psychology. However, early on she discovered a new passion - wine - and did not hesitate to re-enter the academic world and obtain a degree in agronomy engineering: this was in fact the first great volte of her life.

She then began her professional career in the world of wine and managed the 300 hectare family business until it was sold in 2012: the second big Volte face of her life. With no vines, no winery, no land and nothing to lose, she decided, “Let’s do something really loud.” She decided to start her own bold wine project in 2013.

The name of the brand was clear: VolteFace. The masked bottle came to her mind and it was held like a baby, raised like a queen, and borne like the sun into the world, to delight the brave and confuse the rest. The polemical packaging that everyone knows was created. In 2015, she acquired a 70 ha property in Valverde, Évora, Alentejo, where she planted 5 ha of vineyards with the following grape varieties: Alicante Bouschet (3 ha), Syrah (0.5 ha), Petit Verdot (0.5 ha), Antão Vaz (0.75 ha) and Arinto (0.25 ha). In addition to the cheekiness of the packaging, it relies on the traditional and typical grape varieties of the region, namely Alicante Bouschet for the red wines and Antão Vaz for the white wines.

The company's strategy is to exclusively bottle high-quality brands with predominantly indigenous grape varieties of the highest quality, which are characterized by a sophisticated, glamorous and irreverent packaging image.