Eight Generations · Tejo, Portugal
The family
comes before the wine.
For more than two centuries the Saturnino Cunha family has farmed vines in the Tejo. The wine we bottle today is the sum of eight generations of decisions — some brilliant, some painful, all honest. This page is our record.
In memoriam · Francisco Cunha
Francisco Cunha
A towering figure across several generations, Francisco Cunha was a defender of family viticulture and of the continuity of the house. His memory remains the silent reference behind every decision taken at Pinhal da Torre.
Timeline
1936–2015
Francisco Cunha, the Patriarch
A towering figure across several generations, Francisco Cunha was a defender of family viticulture and of the continuity of the house. His memory remains the silent reference behind every decision taken at Pinhal da Torre.
2003
Braille pioneers
In 2003, Pinhal da Torre became one of the first Portuguese houses to apply Braille on labels. Long before it was a trend, it was a gesture of awareness, respect and vision.
Today
Pinhal da Torre, Alpiarça
At Pinhal da Torre, in Alpiarça, 30 hectares of estate vineyard in the Tejo give rise to wines fully grown, harvested and bottled on the property. Grapes are mostly hand-picked, fermentations begin with native yeasts, and some wines also age in the 1947 Algerian concrete vats. From vine to bottle, there are no intermediaries; only continuity, control and integrity.
Our conviction
We are not a brand built to look the part. We are a family with a vineyard, a memory and convictions; every plot is ours, every fermentation begins with native yeasts and every harvest starts long before the first cluster reaches the cellar. At Pinhal da Torre, nothing is rushed, because time is part of the truth of every wine.
"There are wines that are produced. And there are wines that are continued."
The legacy, today
Pinhal da Torre remains family-led, with the same fidelity to the land and an ever sharper standard. Today, that inheritance lives with the tools of our time: sustainable viticulture, Braille on labels since 2003, and full transparency from vine to bottle. Because what truly matters has not changed — it has only gained more awareness, more rigour and more future.
Step into the story.
The Wine Club is the most intimate way to enter the world of Pinhal da Torre. It grants priority access to Library Releases, harvest invitations and family letters that bring the living memory of the family into your home.