Red and white wines from Alcobaça is known to wine lovers and gourmets. The city has a Museum of wine, which was established in the late twentieth century under the patronage of the Portuguese Institute of wine and winemaking.

The Museum itself is located about 1, 2 km from Alcobaça and is in a former winery. Wine collection has about ten thousand specimens from all over Portugal. Among the collection there are even wine 50 year old. In the Museum you can visit the room-warehouse, which was used for storage of agricultural tools, wine cellars and taverns where you can taste regional wine.

The historic winery was built in 1875 known largest wine producer at the time - Jose Eduardo Raposo de Magalhaes in order to develop the wine industry in this region. Jose Eduardo Raposo de Magalhaes – Portuguese engineer. After the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic, he was appointed Governor of Leiria.

Portugal is very famous for its wine. The tradition of winemaking in this country back to the VI century BC. It was then in the land of Portugal was occupied by the Phoenicians and brought diverse grape varieties. Today there are more than forty wine regions, which produces high-quality world-class wines. It is worth noting that the wines of Portugal are among the best in the world because of its exclusive and special taste. The most famous brand port wine and Madeira. It is known that many winemakers and now squeeze out the juice from the grapes with their feet, as was done in the old days, and instead of props use trees, planting grapes next.