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Although it is not known precisely what and when the first vines were planted, it is believed that the first settlers brought with varieties that existed in Minho in

Historical records of the Venetian navigator Alvise da Mosto, known as Luis de Cadamosto, dating from 1450, show the introduction of Malvasia Candida caste in the early

3 Although it is not known precisely what and when the first vines were planted, it is believed that the first settlers brought with varieties that existed in Minho in northern Portugal. Historical records of the Venetian navigator Alvise da Mosto, known as Luis de Cadamosto, dating from 1450, show the introduction of Malvasia Candida caste in the early years of colonization. The navigator states that... among the various castes, Prince D. Henrique had planted land that was sent with Malvasia of Candia (the capital of Crete) and are developing very well... and also has praise in his travelogue,the export of wine and its quality. In Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts, I. P.

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Históry Pedro José Lomelino THE FOUNDER When Virginia Correia Barros e Sousa received from his Father Artur Barros e Sousa a marriage dowry that included a large number of bottles of Madeira wine as

11 Históry Pedro José Lomelino THE FOUNDER When Virginia Correia Barros e Sousa received from his Father Artur Barros e Sousa a marriage dowry that included a large number of bottles of Madeira wine as old wine in height, was far from imagining that the nectar would still go through two more generations. Is now owned in part of their grandchildren, the dowry consists of several varieties Wine: Boal, Malvasia, Moscatel, Old Moscatel, Terrantez, Madeira Old Reserve, with dates between 1860 and Pedro José Lomelino(1) was Uncle Grandfather of Virginia Barros e Sousa and was the major driver of the wine brand ABS. Possessor of a large collection of wines, that received as loans to their status as medical, some inherited from the Pedro José Lomelino 1 - Early began his life as a doctor and businessman, having also held important public positions such as first director and professor at the School District Primary Teaching Qualification (created in Funchal in 1900), replacement of the District Governor, President Commission of Viticulture Region of Madeira and the vowel as the General Attorney of the County of Porto Santo. He was also Director of Madeira s Bank, the Madeira Alliance Insurance Company and chairman of the Assembly of the Association of Agriculture. There were many positions accumulated over a life well filled, but never stopped to consistently maintain the practice of medicine.

turning the space into a wine cellar where the casks piled up from year to year.

12 Artur Barros e Sousa Countess of Ribeiro Real, and others he gained as an importer of wines. Pedro Lomelino decided to make a company primarily known for Lomelino, buying an old building in the ancient Rua do Comércio where the guard, turning the space into a wine cellar where the casks piled up from year to year. It was this space that would meet with friends to enjoy a few glasses of wine. Very attached to family and for not having children, he decides to divide his entire fortune by his nephews, contemplating his nephew Arthur Barros e Sousa with its own wine

cellar now turned into commercial space and a new name. Thus was born the year 1920 the Company Artur Barros e Sousa (2) who inherits the plunder of wines belonging to uncle Pedro Lomelino.

13 cellar now turned into commercial space and a new name. Thus was born the year 1920 the Company Artur Barros e Sousa (2) who inherits the plunder of wines belonging to uncle Pedro Lomelino. It was already in the hands of Artur Barros e Sousa that was to become one of the reference marks of Madeira Wine, given the quality that impressed the production of Madeira wine and the aging process which has since remained. Arthur was a man with a trader mind. He knew how to attract customers with his sympathy. Man linked to philosophy and literature began his day between 4 and 5 in the morning where he began to read until time to go to market, a habit that repeated daily. At the time, the family had properties that had been fed some castes, also assuming some of the other grape growers who were then prepared in a family winepress. In this familiar context Virginia Correia Barros e Sousa comes to her wedding day with Edmundo Olim Menezes. Only heiress, Virginia gets all the fortune of her father which included the company s Wines and receive on her wedding day that secures the bottles already so old, and no calculated value, which always keeps in her private cellar up to today. Virginia Barros e Sousa While inheriting the Virginia wine company with her husband, Edmundo Olim, never put the company s dowry old wines he had received, keeping them in the dark cellar of his house. After several generations, deprived of the pleasure of opening a bottle of these to someone, 150 years later can now report the emotions of these wines... What Men made this wine? How did they do? How many wines, beyond Madeira, can survive so many years? 2 - Artur de Barros e Sousa is one of Madeira wine company based in the city of Funchal, the only one that maintains the tradition of aging wine in a plot, a natural process reserved for the finest wines and almost nonexistent because of costs and time it takes. Its founder, Pedro JosÈ Lomelino, envisioned it to guide the future of his nephew, Artur de Barros e Sousa, young dynamic business with skills that will later expanded and prospered.

Using local ingredients and old recipes of Madeira allow me to time travel and go back to my childhood. - Luís Pestana

Using local ingredients and old recipes of Madeira allow me to time travel and go back to my childhood. - Luís Pestana William Restaurant aims to propose a creative approach on the modern European food,