Quinta da Aveleda, in Penafiel in the Vinho Verde region, hosts corporate meetings, incentive programs, dinners and receptions. It offers an auditorium for 120 people, two tasting rooms, a rose garden hall that seats 90 at banquet tables and outdoor spaces that take up to 400 guests. The estate is 37 km from Porto.
Seminars and company events
The estate runs a dedicated corporate offer called Meetings and Incentives, with a commercial brochure, a capacities sheet, coffee break options and menus. Programs are built to the client's needs and can combine a meeting, a meal and a wine experience on the property.
The main auditorium covers 110 square meters with a 3 m ceiling. It seats 120 in theater layout, 60 on islands, 26 in a U shape and 24 at an imperial table, and takes 150 for a cocktail. It has a screen, projector, computer, sound system, lectern, microphone, pointer, a camera with face tracking, Wi-Fi, air conditioning and a support room with a bar. The smaller auxiliary auditorium covers 43 square meters and seats 32 in theater layout or 16 in a U shape.
Rooms and capacities
Two tasting rooms can serve as meeting rooms. The visitor tasting room covers 120 square meters and sets up 80 on islands. The professional tasting room covers 69 square meters and seats 16 in a U shape. The Salão do Roseiral covers 117 square meters and takes 80 in theater layout, 60 on islands, 40 in a U shape and 120 for a cocktail. The Sala da Lareira covers 88 square meters and takes 24 in theater layout, 36 on islands and 40 for a cocktail.
For meals, the Salão do Roseiral seats 90 at banquet tables, the Sala da Lareira 30, the Varanda do Roseiral terrace 60 and the Cozinha Velha, the old kitchen, 24.
Outdoors, the estate lists six spaces: Eira (459 m², up to 400), Clareira do Jardim (1,330 m², up to 300), Vandoma (564 m², 200), Pátio dos Pavões (200), Oficinas (300 m², 150) and Ramada (132 m², 50). The estate notes that these figures are indicative and that outdoor layouts can be adapted to each event.
Catering
Meals are served in the Salão do Roseiral, the Sala da Lareira, the Cozinha Velha and on the Varanda do Roseiral, which looks over the vines. The estate publishes coffee break and menu documents for corporate groups. Wine tastings are part of the experiences it offers, since the estate is a working winery.
History and setting
Aveleda is a family company that has been making wine since 1870. It describes Quinta da Aveleda as having the greatest diversity of terroirs in the Vinho Verde region, and it is one of the best-known wine tourism destinations in Portugal. The property includes gardens, and the corporate pages present the tasting rooms and dining halls as places where the house identity is kept.
Aveleda also runs other estates with their own corporate offers: Villa Alvor in the Algarve, Quinta Vale do Sabor and Quinta Vale D. Maria in the Douro.
Getting there
The estate publishes these distances: Porto 37 km, 35 minutes; Porto airport 40 km, 30 minutes; Braga 66 km, 47 minutes; Lisbon 340 km, 3 hours 20 minutes. Quotes for corporate events are requested from the estate's wine tourism team by email or phone.
