Little Wine Cellars, Cabrito, Pico

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Architectonic typologies

The little wine cellar, the wine cellar-house and the summerhouse with cellar are the dominant typologies of the vineyard landscape. These are evolutionary variants that reinforce the increase of the summer occupation beyond the harvest.

Little wine cellar

This typology constitutes the basic unit devoted to the storage of small quantities of barrels and bottles. These extremely small buildings are located in small properties of individual production, usually close to the main village. They present a rectangular regular shape, with a simple pitched roof, only one door and no windows.

They do not have any interior partition, and their functional complements are reduced to a single wooden shelf or bench. More than a production unit, these elements are related to family and friends’ gatherings, used as a place for outside meals in the summer.

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