Adega Cooperativa de Ponte de Lima, C.R.L. (NIF 500008698) is the Vinho Verde wine cooperative of Ponte de Lima. It was founded in 1959, speaks for about 1,000 grower members and has 11.5 million litres of capacity. Its Vinho Verde Loureiro 2023 is an active listing in the order range of Norway’s Vinmonopolet (art. 12924201, NOK 159.90), wholesaled by Einar A Engelstad AS.
The Adega de Ponte de Lima was founded in 1959 and has its seat on Rua Conde de Bertiandos in the town of Ponte de Lima. It says it has a capacity of eleven and a half million litres and speaks for about 1,000 producers, their families and workers, which it says makes it the largest business in the municipality. The registry lists it as a cooperative (C.R.L., NIF 500008698) classified under wine production (CAE 11021). Its range is built on the Loureiro grape: several tiers of Vinho Verde Loureiro, blends with Alvarinho and Trajadura, a red Vinhão, a rosé, Loureiro and rosé sparkling wines, and aguardente bagaceira and aged brandies.
Its Nordic outlet is Norway. Vinmonopolet lists Adega Ponte de Lima Vinho Verde Loureiro 2023 (art. 12924201, 75 cl, NOK 159.90) as an active product in its order range (bestillingsutvalget), naming the cooperative as producer, Einar A Engelstad AS as wholesaler and Cuveco AS as transporter. Vinmonopolet describes the wine as 100% Loureiro, made from grapes grown in the municipality and fermented at controlled temperatures in open vats. The cooperative has no Swedish sales recorded in Systembolaget’s 2024 or 2025 article ledgers.
Vinho Verde cooperatives control a large share of Minho grape output but are thinly represented on Nordic monopoly shelves. Most of their Scandinavian presence runs through order-range listings like this one, which a specialist importer can place without a store tender. A single active Loureiro listing gives the Ponte de Lima co-op a working route into Norway that could support tender bids for Vinmonopolet’s basis range or Systembolaget’s fixed range.
Diário do Minho reported on 13 November 2025 that the cooperative marked the 900th anniversary of Ponte de Lima’s charter (foral) with music and a new wine. Altominho.tv reported on 28 August 2026 that the “Foral de Ponte de Lima 1125” wine had won a gold medal. Jornal O Minho reported on 26 June 2026 that the adega was recruiting harvest workers for the 2026 vintage.
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