2026 harvest · Dão
From our hillside to your table
Olive oil, wine, honey, jams and herbs we grow and bottle on the farm, delivered across Portugal in 2–3 working days.
In season
What leaves the larder most
The four things we've shipped most this autumn.
The farm
Three generations on the same terraces
Quinta das Encostas is twelve hectares of granite terraces, 450 metres up and facing the Dão valley. The family has worked this land since 1968.
We make a little of everything, and we make all of it here: we pick the olives onto nets, harvest the grapes by hand, move the hives with the flowers and cook the jams in the farmhouse kitchen.
What we don't sell at the farm gate goes to you in a cardboard box we pack ourselves.
- of terraces
- 12 ha
- olive trees
- 620
- beehives
- 40
- the family on the farm
- 1968
The farm calendar
What's in season
Every product has its month. When it's gone, it's back next year.
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Jan–Feb
Pruning
We prune the olive trees and the vines; the bees rest.
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Mar–May
Spring at the hives
The hives move down to the wild lavender in flower. In March we bottle the Reserva.
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Jun
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Jul–Aug
Herbs in the sun
We pick lemon verbena and thyme in the morning and dry them in the shade.
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Sep–Oct
Grapes, heather and jams
We harvest the grapes by hand, take the heather honey and cook jams with the farm's fruit.
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Nov–Dec
New olive oil Now
We pick the olives onto nets and take them to the mill the same day.
Delivery
Packed by hand, at the farm
Every order leaves here in a cardboard box, with kraft paper and dividers for the bottles. No plastic.
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2–3 working days
By courier, anywhere in mainland Portugal.
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Free delivery over €50
Below that, delivery is €4.90.
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Arrives in one piece
If anything breaks, we send another.
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Collect at the farm
On Saturday mornings, at no cost.
Where do you deliver?
Anywhere in mainland Portugal, by courier, in 2–3 working days after payment. For the Azores and Madeira, write to encomendas@quintadasencostas.example before ordering.
Do the bottles travel well?
They do. Every bottle goes in a corrugated cardboard divider, wrapped in kraft paper. If anything arrives broken, send us a photo within 48 hours and we'll send another.
Can I get an invoice with my tax number?
Yes. Add your NIF at checkout and the invoice is e-mailed on the day we ship.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. Write your message at checkout: it goes in a handwritten card, and we leave the invoice and prices out of the box.
How should I store the honey and jams?
Honey stays at room temperature and sets over time, which is natural: just warm the jar in a bain-marie. Once opened, jams go in the fridge.