About Tiago Teles

Tiago Teles and his team take pride in producing straightforward, unfiltered, and unadjusted conceptual wines. In the cellar, they have opted for techniques and materials that do not distort the wine, using vinification methods that respect the grape, conducted with indigenous yeasts, without the use of enzymes, acidification, filtering, or clarification. Quality and local adaptation are important to them in creating an authentic and elegant wine profile. The result is a wine style that not only differs somewhat from other wines in the region but also embodies a natural interpretation of its place of origin.

Tiago Teles co-founded the wine website "Os5às8", having developed a career as a wine critic between 2002 and 2008. Within the scope of that project, he also co-authored four editions of an annual wine guide. He co-founded the website "Nova Crítica-vinho" between 2007 and 2009, co-authoring the guide "Portal Portugal, Guia de Vinhos Portugueses e Estrangeiros 2008 e 2009". In 2009, for professional and personal reasons, he took a step away from wine writing, only to later fulfill his long-held dream of producing wine in close contact with nature, aligned with the identity of a place. This is how Gilda e Maria da Graça were born in Bairrada – genuinely pure and palatable wines that reflect everything Tiago believes in.

In 2015, Tiago revived two inner worlds: the rehabilitation of an ancient granitic rural aggregate at Quinta da Cancela in Arcos de Valdevez, and the rebirth of the vineyards from Quinta dos Cozinheiros near Figueira da Foz, in partnership with António Marques da Cruz from Quinta da Serradinha. The wines are deeply influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, a result of Tiago's childhood connection with the sea, when he learned to sail Gilda, instructed by his grandfather. This is also a project where opinion matters, held by strong ties to family histories and the perseverance of human values of freedom and friendship. To that end, Tiago and his team have assumed an ethical commitment to wine, winemakers, their life stories, and their values. Deep down, where the roots of a place and its people come together.