Visão Magazine: Porto Santo, unique wines | Article on Profetas e Villões

Wine planted by the sea

"On March 13, 2020, Nuno Faria landed on the golden island from the capital, on board the last plane to arrive in Porto Santo before the pandemic was declared. A Madeiran by birth, with many great vacations spent in Porto Santo, he soon "began to feel the land". Meanwhile, António Maçanita's challenge to plant vines in the dunes together has already borne fruit. Call him to discover special places, with terroirs and grape varieties of choice that have disappeared or been forgotten, and off he goes - as he has so well revitalized the wine of the island of Pico, in the Azores."

- Sónia Calheiros

"Companhia de Vinhos dos Profetas e dos Villões, owned by António Maçanita and Nuno Faria, is revitalizing Atlantic viticulture. On the island of Porto Santo, in Madeira, the vines are planted low down in the dunes"

- Sónia Calheiros

"It's not fleeting, it's not ephemeral. We're making wine in a (unique) place. I want to have an oenology community reborn here."

- António Maçanita

Atlantic whites

"All we have to do is open a bottle and pour an entire island into a glass."

- Sónia Calheiros