Abel Pereira da Fonseca, an entrepreneur and farmer of Bombarral that became known for creating the wine distribution and marketing empire, initially named Abel Pereira da Fonseca & Cª, that has grown until becoming the second largest wine marketing company in Portugal, in 1982. This entrepreneur sowed the seeds of the business, but decided to withdraw from the company in 1937. His decision was due to his will to devote more time to Companhia Agrícola do Sanguinhal, which he had established in the 1920s to manage, along with his sons, the family estates in his region.
The company has always been involved primarily in the production of wine. And so it still is. Each year, around 700,000 and 750,000 bottles of table wine, spirits and liqueurs are produced as a result of the grape harvest of 95 hectares of vineyards. The vineyards are spread along the three farms that give their name to the main wines produced by Companhia Agrícola do Sanguinhal, and belong to the Demarcated Region of Óbidos: Quinta do Sanguinhal (30 ha. / 74 ac.), Quinta das Cerejeiras (20 ha. -/49 ac.) and Quinta de São Francisco (50 ha. / 123 ac.).
To store, fermenting and ageing products, the company has capacity for two million litres in oak and mahogany barrels and vats. The result is about thirty different wine references.
Text taken from "Wine Tourism in Portugal"
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