List of products by supplier João Pedro Araújo
In order to achieve its objectives, from the very beginning it has taken a very different path from what was usual for Vinho Verde production: refusing, for example, to introduce CO2 into wine, which was then the style of Vinho Verde or to accept the settlement defined for the Amarante sub-region, without previously studying the behavior of the grape varieties in their terroir.
Thus, it has created and has been in production since 1996 the Vinho Verde Terroir Mineral, of the grape varieties Loureiro and Avesso, with a crystalline and deep profile, that allows it to evolve in bottle and improve with age.
In this way, it also contradicted the common sense that Vinho Verde could only be drunk young and that it had no capacity for evolution, showing that by working for quality, this wine can grow old like any other wine of character.
Currently, the vineyards of Quinta de Sanjoanne have the following varieties: Arinto, Alvarinho, Avesso, Azal, Trajadura, Malvasia Fina and Loureiro.
At the end of the 90's, with the development of the activity, the family of João Pedro Araújo decided to acquire Quinta da Vegia, in order to also produce red wines.
Located in the Region of Dão, near the village of Penalva do Castelo, currently has 20 ha of vineyard. Its vineyard was followed by a careful selection of vine varieties - Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Alfrocheiro and Tinto Cão - in order to create Quinta da Vegia wines.
On both farms, Sanjoanne and Vegia, Casa de Cello has always been concerned with environmental responsibility.
In this way, for all cultural decisions, as well as for the protection of its vineyards, Casa de Cello practices "sustainable farming" in order to produce healthy and quality grapes, in order to ensure the expression of its "terroirs" "In the wines it produces.
As an independent wine-grower, Casa de Cello controls every stage of the process, from the vineyard to the commercialization of the wines: it cultivates the vines, vintage, vinifica, estagia, aging and bottling on the farm the wines that it is proud to make known.