Casal de Ventozela is located in the Vinho Verde Region, one of the largest and oldest wine regions in the world, and for almost 40 years it has been a family business.

Widely regarded as one of the most dynamic young winemakers in Portugal, António Maçanita crafts wines from the Azores archipelago to Alentejo, and now to Porto Santo, a small island off Madeira. He excels at capturing the essence of the regional terroir and traditions.

After a successful decade as winemaker at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on his own, leaving his own name on the wines of Douro, and Vinho Verde

Vasco Croft took over his mother’s semi-abandoned 17th century family estate in 2003 in the Lima Valley in the north of Vinho Verde, and began conversion to biodynamics. He is regarded today as one of the pioneering biodynamic winters in Portugal.

Filipa Pato’s family has been producing wine in Beiras since the 18th century.

If one had to pick the winemaker that has had the greatest impact on not only Douro wines, but Portuguese wines in general, it would be Dirk Niepoort.

Of the hundreds of families who have produced and shipped Madeira over the past two centuries, only four remain: Blandy, Borges, D’Oliveira and Barbeito.

The Azores Wine Company was founded on April 3rd, 2014, by the partners António Maçanita, Filipe Rocha and Insula Vinus, Lda. They have ben instrumental in the promotion of Azorean wine and gastronomy.

Portuguese winemaker António Maçanita and resident English viticulture consultant, David Booth met for the first time in early 2004.

The SEXY line was intended to show that wines could be fun, accessible, and delicious, while still being high quality, well-made wine. From the ever-jovial Antonio, it's also a reminder to not take everything so seriously and enjoy life, liberally.