Lemos Figueiredo
2013 was a special year for us. We were celebrating the centenary of the birth of my father, Salomão Lemos Figueiredo, and the birth of my first granddaughter, while Mariana, the youngest of my three children, was getting ready to leave home for college.
My eldest son, Salomão, gathered the whole family together for his daughter Esther's first Christmas. Sitting at the table, we sipped my homemade ginja liqueur. Micael, the middle brother, said softly: “There's business here...”. And so our story began.
It wasn't the business that interested me, but my family’s curiosity. At a time when each one had their own life and independence, I found in my hobbies a way to keep them close to home. Little by little, and without driving them away, I seduced them with my experiences.
Our small winery is no longer a garage and a small vegetable garden. It slowly became Lemos Figueiredo - Adega das Frutas de Alcobaça, Alcobaça's Fruit Cellar. It became a sanctuary of conviviality and serious dedication. To sip any Lemos Figueiredo’s product is to taste the tradition, love, unity, heritage and complicity that have ruled us for a century. For us, it's all that and a little more. It's special because it's made by us.