Changes in environmental conditions due to climate change, together with the
development of intensive precision agriculture, have enabled new crops, such as olive groves, to be
cultivated in areas that were previously considered a thermal limit, like the central plains of Castilla y
León in Spain. The expansion of olive groves towards the east (provinces of Zamora and Valladolid), is
taking place along the Douro, a river renowned for its wine and olive production in the portuguese
North Region and along the border of the Raya. Although the olive groves in the sedimentary basins
cover very little surface area, they are linked to the quality and productive/business diversification
strategies of wineries registered in the Douro wine DO. The interest lies in the multifunctionality of
quality productions (wine and olive oil), which give rise to complementary business activities (wine
and olive oil tourism), with the territory of origin and the landscape serving as axes of differentiation
and prestige. This study aims to explore the scope and significance of olive grove development in an
area without a cultivation. The discussion focuses on revising the concept of territorial anchorage since
the uniqueness of the territory and overcoming environmental limitations of the production space are
the main arguments used to characterize these oils.
