Organic-certified Alentejo estate of about 800 hectares near Igrejinha, Arraiolos, including 53 hectares of vines and 650 hectares of cork and holm-oak montado. Owned since 2015 by businessman Alberto Weisser, with Luís Patrão as winemaker since 2016, it sold 538 litres of Coelheiros Rosé through Sweden’s Systembolaget in 2025.
Tapada de Coelheiros’ Nordic sales are recorded in Systembolaget’s 2025 article-by-article ledger, which lists Coelheiros Rosé (article 7475801, 75 cl, organic, Alentejo) under the producer Tapada de Coelheiros with 537.75 litres sold in Sweden during 2025. The ledger does not name the importer, and a search of Systembolaget’s live range in September 2026 returns no Coelheiros wine — the article number has since been reused for another product — so the Swedish sales should be read as a 2025 listing rather than a current one.
The estate itself (Tapada de Coelheiros, Lda, NIF 500253080) covers about 800 hectares near Igrejinha in the municipality of Arraiolos: 53 hectares of vines, 60 percent of them dry-farmed, set inside some 650 hectares of cork and holm-oak montado. Joaquim and Leonilde Silveira bought it in 1981 and planted Cabernet and Chardonnay alongside Portuguese varieties; the first Tapada de Coelheiros red followed in 1991, and the Garrafeira 1996 was named best wine of the Alentejo and of Portugal. Alberto Weisser bought the property in 2015 and lives on it; Luís Patrão has run winemaking and viticulture since 2016. Organic certification, the opening to visitors and the first Coelheiros Rosé all came in 2022.
Organic certification is a strong selling point with the Nordic monopolies, which run dedicated organic ranges and sustainability targets. An Alentejo estate that combines organic vines with cork-oak conservation fits the profile Swedish and Norwegian buyers look for — but, as the lapsed Systembolaget article shows, monopoly listings for small producers are fragile unless an importer keeps them in the range.
June 2026 — Hosted the second annual meeting of Vignerons de Portugal, a ten-producer collective, with more than 200 attendees.
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