{"id":1079,"date":"2020-01-31T00:23:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2020-02-19T23:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T23:25:45","slug":"introducing-ouranos-and-melissae-the-newest-members-of-aphros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/introducing-ouranos-and-melissae-the-newest-members-of-aphros\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Ouranos and Melissae &#8211; the newest members of Aphros"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row row-small row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1938117737\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1028033176\" class=\"col medium-6 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_959648785\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0741-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Quinta do Espadanal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0741-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0741-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0741-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0741-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0741-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Quinta do Espadanal<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_959648785 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-309444343\" class=\"col medium-6 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_745627825\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0681-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The residence of our bees\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0681-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0681-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0681-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0681-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_IMG_0681.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">The residence of our bees<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_745627825 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>The birth of a wine is a mysterious thing, specially for all of us who dream them and make them happen.<\/p>\n<p>A good analogy is the parenting of children, because they always transcend our capacities and intentions. Even if allowed to play a role in generating and educating them, we are nothing but the soil that supports their blossoming into individuals we could never have imagined.<\/p>\n<p>In the same way, as each wine \u00a0gains a life and character of its own, we begin to question whether we made them or just served as the means they made use of for coming into existence.<\/p>\n<p>We prepare the soils, select and plant the vines, then pamper them for years. At a certain point grapes come, in quantity and quality enough to be transformed into wine. We then ask what kind of wine they want to be and appoint ourselves to be their tutors, the instruments in charge of guiding them to completion.<\/p>\n<p>After a quiet, usually long wait, the inspiration for their names and images finally appears, as the last stage of a birth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wines\/red\/aphros-ouranos-2018-2\/\"><strong>Ouranos<\/strong><\/a> is the ancient God of the Skies in Greek Mythology. The name was chosen in allusion to the extreme levity of this wine that makes us feel as if we are floating in the air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wines\/red\/aphros-ouranos-2018-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1057 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1654\" height=\"1654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa.jpg 1654w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-ouranos-2018-garrafa-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1654px) 100vw, 1654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wines\/white\/aphros-melissae-2018\/\"><strong>Melissae<\/strong><\/a> is the name of the nymphs of honey, another substance associated with the divine world and intimately connected with the origins of wine. The choosing of this name is a tribute to the bees, for a wine with intense flowery aromatics that remind us of the nectar they collect. The grapes of Melissae come from our highest plot, which is also the residence of our bees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wines\/white\/aphros-melissae-2018\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1055 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1654\" height=\"1654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa.jpg 1654w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aphros-mellissae-2018-garrafa-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1654px) 100vw, 1654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ouranos and Melissae are the most recent members of the Aphros\u2019 classic range, adding a red and a white to our portfolio 8 years after its creation. They represent 15 years of research with viticulture and winemaking in the Vinho Verde region and can be seen as strong statement about its potential as a birthplace for wines of excellence. Being a new generation of wines, they also materialize a new phase of the winery, being \u00a0the first creations since <a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/project\/team\/\"><strong>Tiago Sampaio<\/strong><\/a> (consultant winemaker) and <a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/project\/team\/\"><strong>Miguel Viseu<\/strong><\/a> (resident winemaker) joined the winemaking team in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1119\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1119\" src=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1000106-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1000106-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1000106-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1000106-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1000106-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1000106-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vasco and Jos\u00e9 Pedro Croft in the artist\u2019s studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>Ouranos implied years for discovering and being seduced by Alvarelh\u00e3o, then finding and collecting vegetal material from several producers that still have this rare grape, in order to ensure genetic diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the rescue of an almost extinct grape, Ouranos means the resurrection of a style of wine. Used for making the clarets for the northern aristocracy until the 19th century, Alvarelh\u00e3o is all about elegance and refinement &#8211; just the opposite of the rustic red wine profiles the region is known for. With a very light ruby color, this is a wine that combines lightness with length and depth. Made with extended maceration in stainless steel vats, Ouranos is aged for 9 months in used chestnut barriques.<br \/>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1395782790\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1395782790 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h2>The labels<\/h2>\n<p>Behind the labels of Aphros there is a story of a long friendship between <a href=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/project\/team\/\"><strong>Vasco Croft<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Jos\u00e9 Pedro Croft<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1112\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1112\" src=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ap_MG_9568-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The graphic artist Jo\u00e3o Bicker composed the labels and created a new layout.\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ap_MG_9568-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ap_MG_9568-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ap_MG_9568-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/aphros-wine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ap_MG_9568-rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The graphic artist Jo\u00e3o Bicker composed the labels and created a new layout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cousins and friends they know each other from an early age. Being a few years older, Jos\u00e9 Pedro was a kind of mentor to Vasco with whom he enthusiastically shared new realms of experience as he discovered them himself. One of them was contemporary art of which he was to become an internationally acclaimed master.<br \/>\nWhen asked to participate in the making of the Aphros\u2019 labels in 2011, he most generously offered the collection of prints used for the whole classic range. Eight years after, with the challenge of making Ouranos and Melissae, Jos\u00e9 Pedro suggested an upgrade in the layout and offered two recent artworks to match the wines.<\/p>\n<p>The graphic artist <strong>Jo\u00e3o Bicker<\/strong> composed the labels and created a new layout, where the spaces of text and image became vertically superimposed. The sequence of brand, wine and year are now all contained in the same horizontal space under the image, inviting the viewer to take hold of the bottle and turn it around to be able to read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The birth of a wine is a mysterious thing, specially for all of us who dream them and make them happen. A good analogy is the parenting of children, because they always transcend our capacities and intentions. 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