They are brave, fighters, hard-working, resilient and extraordinary, these are our Queijeiras (cheesemakers), women who make a difference and add value to the Aldeias de Montanha, to Serra da Estrela and to Portugal. Holders of a know-how that results from a legacy passed on from generation to generation, as if it were a true treasure.
The great purpose of this Project is to honour, value and give voice to the true Mountain Guardians and project onto them a successful future, with the sophistication and dignification that they and the region deserve. After all, they are responsible for taking a Luxury Product, the Serra da Estrela cheese, to the Portuguese and to the World.

There is no more beautiful way to thank them than a cape, made with the noble wool from the Serra da Estrela flocks, a course that will give them tools to reflect the present and build the future and, finally, a book that will perpetuate the stories of these inspiring Women.

To support this project is to THINK HIGH, to value Portugal and the Women that with Soul make a product that has the gift to thrill us, literally!

José Francisco Rolo,
President of the Aldeias de Montanha Network