Explore Santa Cruz do Douro in Baião, where Standing Fox lies within Vinho Verde and close to the boundary of Portugal’s Douro Demarcated Region.

Two encounters with a fox at Quinta da Raposeira gave Standing Fox its name and shaped the motto Trust your instinct.

How a search for a home in northern Portugal led to Santa Cruz do Douro, a historic Quinta above the Douro River, and eventually to Standing Fox.

As Standing Fox began to take shape, formal winemaking studies at UC Davis added technical understanding to years spent tasting, collecting and learning from wine.

From granite terraces and roads to drainage, reservoirs and water mines, the restoration of Standing Fox began with the infrastructure of the land.

Standing Fox is more than a vineyard: managed forest, olive groves, fruit trees, gardens, meadows and wildlife form one living estate in Santa Cruz do Douro.

How granite soils, steep terraces, water, exposure and sunlight shape the individual vineyard parcels of Standing Fox in Santa Cruz do Douro.

Over five years, Standing Fox has reunited more than 30 parcels of vineyard, forest, meadow and ruins once fragmented through generations of inheritance.

Old Avesso and Arinto vines meet new Portuguese and international plantings at Standing Fox, including Touriga Nacional, Chardonnay, Syrah, Viognier, Merlot and Nebbiolo.

Standing Fox’s curtimenta explores Portuguese skin-contact winemaking through Avesso and Arinto, creating an orange wine built on texture, freshness and structure.

Why small French oak barrels, close attention and patient élevage are central to the winemaking philosophy at Standing Fox.

In 2024, acclaimed Portuguese winemaker Joana Pinhão joined Standing Fox, bringing extensive experience from the Douro and a shared ambition for complex, age-worthy wines.

The first Standing Fox vintages taught us that making wine also means deciding when a wine is not ready to carry our name.

At Standing Fox, release dates follow the wine rather than the calendar, with extended barrel and bottle ageing until each wine feels complete.

Inside Standing Fox’s long-term regenerative viticulture programme in Santa Cruz do Douro, from soil biology and compost to water retention and organic conversion.

In 2026, Standing Fox appointed Portuguese architect Carlos Castanheira to design a new winery at the historic heart of Quinta da Raposeira in Santa Cruz do Douro.