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History

 

 

Manuel de Sousa Lopes, a button manufacturer from Northern Portugal since the 1920s, developed a passion for agriculture and wine. Owner of two estates in the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão – Quinta do Cruzeiro, with eight hectares of vineyards planted with Loureiro, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and an old vineyard with various traditional varieties, and Quinta da Senra, with seven hectares of vineyards planted with Loureiro and Arinto – he managed to pass this passion on from generation to generation, despite his actual profession having nothing to do with wine production.
Therefore, in 1977, his son Manuel Artur de Sousa Lopes also acquired Casa da Torre in Famalicão, more specifically in Louro.
On this property with five hectares of vineyards planted with the Loureiro, Alvarinho, Sauvignon Blanc and Petit Manseng grape varieties, the existing winery was rebuilt and "christened" with the name "Adega Casa da Torre".
This is where the grapes from these three family-owned estates are vinified, giving rise to the Vinho Verde Quinta do Cruzeiro, Sousa Lopes, and single-varietal wines of international grape varieties.
The image on the Quinta do Cruzeiro labels shows the Stone Pine - Pinus Pinea. This tree has a very special meaning for the family, as it was planted on March 31, 1932, by the Grandfather to commemorate the birth of his first daughter.
Since 1997, Gonçalo Sousa Lopes, grandson of Manuel Sousa Lopes and son of Manuel Artur Sousa Lopes, has managed the family properties.