Design and implementation of the "Valpaços Wine House" as a way to enhance the wine growing region of Trás-os-Montes
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The Trás-os-Montes region is a large territory located in the extreme NE
of Portugal. It is a mountainous area with a dense river network that
creates deep valleys where the water flows bound for the Douro river.
The orographic barrier of the Marão, Alvão, Padrela and Larouco
mountains protect the region from the Atlantic Ocean influencing the
Mediterranean climate with continental characteristics such as long, cold
and rainy winters and short, very hot and dry summers. Granite and
schist with small calcareous areas is the dominant lithology. These
materials associated with the climate of the region, the relief, exposure
and human activity, originated various types soil. These natural
conditions promote greater adaptability of indigenous varieties and
produce high quality wines, with a marked differentiation.
The Trás-os-Montes region is a large territory located in the extreme NE of Portugal. It is a mountainous area with a dense
river network that creates deep valleys where the water flows bound for the Douro river. The orographic barrier of the Marão,
Alvão, Padrela and Larouco mountains protect the region from the Atlantic Ocean influencing the Mediterranean climate
with continental characteristics such as long, cold and rainy winters and short, very hot and dry summers. Granite and schist
with small calcareous areas is the dominant lithology. These materials associated with the climate of the region, the relief,
exposure and human activity, originated various types soil. These natural conditions promote greater adaptability of
indigenous varieties and produce high quality wines, with a marked differentiation.
To understand the wine, we must understand its history, its evolution, the history of the region, its uses and customs. It is
also important to address informational, educational and didactic way, processes and technologies associated with vines,
management practices and wine making.
The main goal of the “Valpaços Wine House” project is to develop different content forms (text, images, audio and videos)
for various multimedia devices of the museum (blacklight panels; showcase table, interactive timeline, multitouch table, etc.), with the aim to generate the visitors a desire of knowledge about the world of wine, and a broad look to capture the
magnitude of its importance for the region. The project also aims to promote and disseminate a diachronic perspective of
the vine and wine in this region, supported by resources and modern and sophisticated technologies that have the purpose
to mobilize the public to participate interactively in the presentation of various contents. The project includes the
musealization of all activities related to the vineyard and wine production tasks in the cellar. On the basis of this concept is
the combination of the variables space and time, with support on text and images. This project is being consolidated by a
multi-year research strategy covering the various contents and which is assumed by the authors as leaders of the various
lines of research.
This work presents the conception of contents of the museum and its role in dissemination and revelation of the history,
characteristics and specificities of the wines of the region, highlighting also the archaeological and landscape heritage.
