MIRYAM ABASCAL VALDENEBRO
TOASTING THE GOOD LIFE AT THEIR IDYLLIC VINEYARD
THE WINEMAKER AND ARISTOCRAT ON KEEPING A FAMILY DREAM ALIVE
‘Portugal has been a blessing for us and the children. It’s a magnificent place with lovely people, amazing landscapes and the best possible quality of life’
Miryam and her husband Nicholas von Bruemmer relax with their sons Nicholas, 14, and Maximiliano, 12, at their Casal Santa Maria wine estate 7 in Portugal (left), where their historic home (above left) dates back to 1711
Bright hydrangeas add a dramatic pop of colour (above) to the courtyard surrounding Casal Santa Maria’s 18th-century main building, which is decorated in traditional southern European hues while, inside (right), a giant tapestry and portraits bear witness to the von Bruemmers’ Germanic heritage. Nicholas’s grandfather, Baron Bodo von Bruemmer, bought the estate in 1962 and the family inherited it upon his death in 2016
A s she gazes out over the rows of vines on her historic wine estate, Miryam Abascal Valdenebro can see an elegant rosé in the making. But that’s not all. Before her eyes is living proof that – if lovingly nurtured – dreams, like vines, take root and grow.