ALTWINES

End of the eighties. Domingos Alves de Sousa, 4th gen. of Douro’s winegrowers, dedicated also himself to the production of fortified wines from his Quintas (Estates) to some of the most prestigious Port companies, was face to a crisis that was shaking the Port Wine. Times of indefinite, uncertain, that awake him for Douro’s table wine. From here the story is already well known – “Portuguese Producer of the year” twice and a world wide recognition, as a result of a trail that joined the quality of the wines to a great personal dedication, and an important contribution to the image and prestige that the Douro has nowadays. But the roots in these slate lands are deep. Port has never been forgotten. Instead it has been studied and experimented. Through out these last decades, apparently focused on Douro wines, many were the Ports born at Quinta da Gaivosa. Experiments to find the best expression of the family’s vineyards in the different Port categories. Nowadays the Alves de Sousa family is proud to present a very distinct line up of Ports that reflects all the work, care and great respect for Port, with Alves de Sousa’s very personal touch