history
SÉC. XVII
The House of Bragança chooses the wines of this region as one of the favorites of the Court. It is said that D. João IV, founder of the dynasty, favored the wines of this particular region in his famous banquets in Vila Viçosa and Vila Boim.
During the reign of D. João V, the wine of this region is classified by the famous chef Vincent la Chapelle "as good as any French wine that was good." This assessment takes the monarch to determine that the wines of the land surrounding the city of Évora, known then as the land of Peramanca, are to be produced only for royal consumption.
