The Alves de Sousa family is making wines in the Douro Valley for 5 Generations.The old and ever-present wish to find the best embodiment of a Douro vineyardlead Alves de Sousa to work only with indigenous grapes from the family’svineyards.The quality and singularity of the wines have been widely recognised withdistinctions and mentions in the most acclaimed national and internationalpublications, witha very special highlight for the "Producer of the Year" awardpresented in 1999 and again in 2006 by the most important Portuguese WineMagazine (“Revista de Vinhos”), becoming the first in the history to receive twiceDouro wines 2022the most coveted and prestigious distinction for Portuguese wine producers.