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Our Mediterranean diet always included a glass of good brandy or Liqueur at the end of a meal. The introduction of Ginjinha in our alimentary habits probably happened very early on, as the silence of the convent walls was broken by the advent of Liberalism, and the abundance of fruit generalised home production. 

Evolving tastes and palates demanded a liqueur that, respectful of tradition, is a delicious digestive drink, natural and smooth.

The production of homemade Ginja is a tradition that comes from early times in the region. Enjoying a glass of Ginja in taverns is a strong Portuguese habit that became more sophisticated and was immortalized in Óbidos history by José Duarte Ferreira Montez (1905-1979). Men of poor origins arrived in Óbidos to work in the gypsum mines of an ancient industrial Portuguese company. Because of his astuteness and business acumen, he quickly understood the potential for the village of the number of visitors it received, opening the first bar more than fifty years ago and therefore contributing towards immortalizing the idea of sharing a Ginja de Óbidos in a comfortable and refined environment. Thanks to Montez (as he became known in local history), his commercial vision that gave origin to the sale of a glass of Ginja with the opening of the first bar in the village, associated forever the image of Óbidos and this liqueur, making it the village's ex-libris for decades and also its most charismatic product. Oppidum , in its capacity as producer, has taken on the responsibility of maintaining this Óbidos tradition.

Óbidos nightlife, 'Noite de Óbidos', has left its mark on previous generations and continues to attract to the village nationals and foreigners alike who come to enjoy the calm and pitoresque environment of its bars, often with new friendships being made over a glass of Ginja at the table.

The trademark Oppidum comes from a possible name that the castle and surrounding hamlet went by in ancient times, before evolving into the name we know today: Óbidos.

Just as Óbidos was classified as a National Monument in 1951, Ginja de Óbidos is a patrimony of the village that awaits recognition and official regulation.