After a challenge that began in 2020 and gave rise to three wines, Companhia de Vinhos dos Profetas e Villões, founded by António Maçanita and Nuno Faria, now has eight labels: five wines from Porto Santo and three from Madeira
The name chosen for this adventure between the two friends, Companhia de Vinhos dos Profetas e Villões, refers to the nicknames given to Madeirans (Villões, written in the archaic form as in Diário Ilustrado, 1874) and Porto Santo (the Prophets).
The recovery of lost, abandoned or unwanted grape varieties, or disappeared techniques, has been one of the hallmarks of winemaker António Maçanita. The first wine to be bottled from the Negra Mole grape variety in the Algarve, the first Branco de Talha in the Alentejo and today being able to taste unique varieties such as Tinta Carvalha, Alicante Branco or Trincadeira das Pratas, also in the Alentejo, are just a few examples of his dedication to discovering a forgotten Portugal. But even so, perhaps his most notable work has been with the wines of the Azores, first in the recovery of the Terrantez variety from Pico and then in the Arinto variety from the Azores and now the attention given to old vines, in what can today be considered a true revolution in Azorean wines.