Churchill’s Estates

Churchill’s Estates is the Douro still-wine arm of Churchill’s, the boutique Port house founded in 1981 by John Graham and his brothers, continuing a long family tradition in the Douro. Building on its success with premium Ports, the company acquired the Grade A Quinta da Gricha vineyard in Cima Corgo in 1999, a dramatic, south-facing estate with 19–50 hectares of old vines rooted in schist terraces above the Douro River. From this base, Churchill’s began developing a range of DOC Douro wines under the Churchill’s…