Since 1751, the Ferreira name has been synonymous with high-quality Portuguese wines. The first Portuguese-owned Port house, its history is intertwined with the evolution of the Douro Region and its wines. The story of Ferreira is inextricably associated with one extraordinary woman. Daughter of one of the company’s founders, Dona Antnia Adelaide Ferreira was born in the country town of Rgua, gateway to the wines of the Douro Valley. Though small in stature and reserved by nature, Dona Antnia was charismatic, visionary, and entrepreneurial. She created new expanses of terraced vineyards and improved the hard lives of local farming families. When she died in 1896, she left behind a portfolio of great Douro estates and an immensely successful business. Today, more than 250 years after its foundation, Ferreira is the only great Porto Wine house to have always remained in Portuguese family hands. Ferreira is quintessentially Portuguese and a benchmark in excellent, quality Ports.