The family of the Portuguese entrepreneur Fernando van Zeller-Guedes owned a vineyard in the Vinho Verde area. In 1942, the latter founded the company Sogrape; see there
Portugal's largest wine production company, owning vineyards in the Alentejo (Vinha do Monte), Bairrada (Quinta d'Aguieira), Dão (Quinta dos Carvalhais), Douro (Ferreira) and Vinho Verde (Quinta de Avelada, Quinta do Azevedo) wine-growing regions. The vineyards cover a total of 1,400 hectares. Sogrape is majority-owned by the Guedes family, whose...
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