Quinta de Covela. Organic farming. Granitic soils forming a natural, South-facing amphitheater at low altitude on the right bank of the Douro river in the southeastern corner of the Vinho Verde region. With cold winters and hot, dry summers, Covela is on the border between the continental climate of inland Portugal and the maritime influences of the Atlantic to the West. | Quinta das Tecedeiras is inserted in the Douro landscape that is declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Located near the village of Pinhão, on the left bank of the Douro River about 100 feet from the water!