A story with over 150 years

1850

The Beginning

The family history we know starts in the mid 19th century with our great-great-uncle Zé Videira, a wealthy sheep wool merchant from Santa Ovaia de Cima, Tondela. Uncle Zé Videira was married to D. Felicidade, whom the people believed was a saint. Among their many properties, the couple owned most of the quintas that are now ours. And, of course, wine was made in a floor-level house winery, as typical of the time. Since they had no children, they adopted a young nephew, our grandfather Manuel Rodrigues Cardoso Videira, born in 1880.

1880-1920

The House of Wool

The building that houses our winery was built in the 1880s by Uncle Zé Videira for the purpose of storing the wool used in his trade -- hence the building being known in the family as "house of wool." Later on, our grandfather built a winery on the ground floor, with granite tanks, as it was also usual at the time.

1920-1960

House Videira

Grandfather Videira was married in 1920 to our grandmother Alzira, who was considerably younger than him. The period between 1920 and 1960 was marked by the expansion of the House Videira (as it was known in the area), not only in terms of family (they had four children) but also because of our grandfather's entrepreneurial spirit. Building on the trade of his uncle, sheep wool, he expanded the business into the production side, first with a manufacturing operation in Portodinho, and, starting in 1940, with the acquisition of another, more modern, manufacturing facility in Parada de Gonta.

At the same time, throughout his life, Grandpa Videira planted more vineyards and produced wine not only for home consumption but also for sale in bulk. The small home winery was closed down, first moving to a building next door and finally to the new Casa da Lã winery in the 1940s. Many of our vineyards still have vines planted from this period, from 1920 to 1960.

1960-1994

The 3rd Generation

When grandfather Videira passed away, the estate was divided by the three surviving daughters. The middle daughter, Aurora, was married with five children. During the 1980s, Aurora's husband, Armando, continued to expand the vineyards, introducing mechanization of many tasks. He also improved the winery, building cement vats. He had plans to create a wine label. His unexpected death in 1994 preempted those plans.

1994-2018

The Matriarch

After Armando's passing, Aurora, in her late 60s, took charge of the properties in Santa Ovaia de Cima, her birthplace. For over two decades, she preserved the model established by her husband Armando in the 1980s - making wine for family consumption as well as some bulk sales, but selling most of the grapes to one of the big wine producers in the region.

2018-now

4ª e 5ª Geração

In 2018, sisters Cristina and Graça Videira took over the reins of the properties. They were the ones who started this Quinta das Queimas wine project, modernizing the equipment, innovating the wines, but always preserving the heritage.

In 2024, Cristina's Californian family — Pierre, and children Marco and Júlia Videira Baldi — joined the project.

It’s our turn! We are aware that these vineyards exist far beyond us and that we are only their guardians for the moment. We hope they last another 100 years, in a sustainable and balanced way! As for the wines, we have taken up our father Armando’s project, updated it, and with the desire to make high-quality Dão wines, we took the risk and here we are!