The company that created this brand was founded in 1932 and was originally a partnership between two brothers, Francisco Eduardo and João Joaquim Henriques, whose family had been the largest landowners in the Câmara de Lobos area since the 15th century. It was here that the first vineyards on Madeira Island were planted by Zarco, the commander of the caravels sent by Prince Henry the Navigator on a voyage of discovery.
After Francisco Eduardo’s death, three other partners joined the company between 1937 and 1946: Alberto Jardim, Carlos Nunes Pereira and Peter Cossart.
The Casa dos Vinhos da Madeira brand has been the market leader in Canadá or several decades, particularly with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, and the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch.
It is also marketed in Belgium by N.V. Lanneau.
