The Grave Family
YEARS OF HISTORY AND TRADITION
The connection of the Grave family to the Quinta de São José de Peramanca dates back to the early twentieth century. It was in 1913 that the great-grandfather of João Grave acquired these lands and so, this property has been the center of the Agricultural House of the last four generations of this family, traditionally linked to agriculture and cattle breeding.
The current owner, João Grave, after the partition of the inheritance, assumed the command of the Quinta de São José de Peramanca and decided to immediately invest in wine production as a way to monetize the property. The connection and involvement of the owner and his family in these lands is evident, and a visible example of this is the relationship that Joaquim Grave (Father of João Grave), who died in October 2012, had with the farm, that until his 90 years, he slept in the room next to where he was born.
Today, João Grave lives in the farm. His mother, a poet and painter Maria Tereza de Vasconcelos e Sá Grave, dedicated a poem to this wine in her book "Fruits of Time."
Song to the Pêra-Grave wine
Ó vinho canção eterna
Vives bem numa taberna
Ou no palácio do Rei,
Sem orgulho de linhagem
Singelo na tua imagem
Não tens família, nem lei
Já Pedro Álvares Cabral
Levava no seu bragal
Quando embarcava em Belém,
O vinho de São José
O bom vinho já se vê
De Peramanca afinal!
O vinho é bom para a vida
A bebida preferida
Que Jesus abençoou,
Pêra-Grave já tem história
Está bem escrito na Memória
De quem um dia o provou
Já correste o mundo inteiro
És alegre, aventureiro
Como canta Túlio Espanca,
Mas foi aqui que nasceste
Nesta terra que escolheste
São José de Peramanca
