Who makes it
My Wine Estate is a Swedish wine producer and importer headquartered in Gothenburg. Its bottles arrive through two channels: brands developed with winemakers in Portugal and Italy, and wines represented through agency agreements. That split matters in the glass because there is no single estate vineyard or house grape tying every label together; each bottle needs to be read through its origin, producer and blend.
The current team includes Marcus Alexandersson, Amanda Nilsson and Joakim Marciasini. Around the bottles, the company runs tastings, wine fairs and a travel-and-wine club, putting Portuguese and Italian wine into a Swedish setting rather than presenting a single family domaine.
Where it grows
Gothenburg is My Wine Estate’s registered base, but Portugal and Italy are the wine countries behind its portfolio. A label from this producer can therefore point in two directions: to a Swedish company that develops or represents it, and to the region where the grapes were grown and the wine made. Vale da Vida White Reserva 2021 makes that distinction clear: it is an Alentejo white from Portugal, while My Wine Estate is named as producer and My Wine Estate Nordic AB as importer.
For Vale da Vida, Alentejo is more useful than the company address when considering flavour. The 2021 wine is a blend of Antão Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro, local Portuguese grapes that bring yellow fruit, citrus lift and a fuller white-wine shape to the same bottle.
How it is made
The cellar
My Wine Estate develops its own brands with local winemakers, while agency wines sit alongside them in the range: a proprietary brand such as Vale da Vida sits beside agency wines, with origin and winemaker relationship determining the bottle’s character.
For Vale da Vida White Reserva 2021, the blend itself supplies the practical wine detail. Antão Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro are named on the 750 ml and three-litre listings. The published notes describe dry wine with marked acidity and a creamy, full texture, so the blend reads as a white built around ripeness and body without losing citrus-driven freshness.
What they make
The range reaches across Portugal and Italy, with own labels and exclusive agency wines serving different parts of the portfolio. Vale da Vida is the own-brand family in focus: in 2022 it included Red Reserva, White Reserva and Rosé. That is range architecture, not a claim that all three wines share one grape, vineyard or texture.
Vale da Vida White Reserva 2021 is the wine in focus. The 750 ml bottle is listed under Systembolaget number 57247; a three-litre format is also recorded. Both refer to an Alentejo white made from Antão Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro. The named white has dry fruit, fresh acidity and a fuller, creamier body, whereas the red and rosé require their own bottle-specific detail before any tasting comparison.
Wines to try
First bottle
Start with the 750 ml Vale da Vida White Reserva 2021. It is an Alentejo white made from Antão Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro, and brings My Wine Estate’s own-brand work into the glass. Expect lime and gooseberry around ripe yellow fruit, then a dry palate with creamy texture, fresh acidity, a salty edge and a slight bitterness at the finish. The bottle brings a Portuguese place, a named blend and a tangible My Wine Estate label into one glass.