Our extended family

In 2018, we bought Quinta da Pedra Alta, turning our life - long dream into reality. The team has known each other for many years. Some of us were childhood friends (dreaming of one day having our own vineyard), and others met through our wine journey.

Matt Gant, Our Resident Winemaker

“We believe that people are as important as the place”

The whole ethos of Quinta da Pedra Alta is based on a group of close friends that we wish to grow, across the world. It has been a long journey from Essex in the UK to the Douro Valley in Portugal via the Barossa Valley in Australia, but the result is a life long dream come true for us.

Our love of wine and nature has grown over the years, and it became our dream to own a special vineyard. Luckily enough, one of us, Matt Gant, is a winemaker (working in Australia), who has visited Portugal several times to harvest with João Pires. As a result the dream has become a reality at Quinta da Pedra Alta.

Our winemakers Matt and João first met when Matt came from Australia, to Portugal in 2007 to harvest in the Alentejo where João was working. Matt is winemaker and partner in First Drop Wines in the Barossa Valley, and always looking to expand his horizons and experience new wine regions. João, born and raised in Alijó in the Douro, and Matt have been sharing harvests in both hemispheres since those days, becoming very close friends.