Quinta da Romaneira is located along the Douro River, in the heart of Cima Corgo - the center of the three production zones for Port and Douro wines.
We are located in Cotas, between Pinhão and Alijó, about an hour and a half from Porto and five hours from Lisbon.
Team
Christian SeelyManaging Director
Christian Seely was born in 1960, educated at Harrow School, Trinity College Cambridge and INSEAD.He has been managing director and shareholder of Quinta da Romaneira since its acquisition in 2004. He has many years of experience in the Douro Valley, having been also managing director of Quinta do Noval since 1993.
Since 2001 he has been managing director of the AXA Millesimes group of vineyards, based at Chateau Pichon Baron in Pauillac. Besides this prestigious Pauillac Grand Cru Classé, Christian Seely is responsible for looking after Châteaux Pibran in Pauillac, Petit-Village in Pomerol, Suduiraut in Sauternes, Mas Belles Eaux in the Languedoc, as well as Domaine de l’Arlot in Nuits-St-Georges, Disznókõ in Hungary and Quinta do Noval in Portugal. He is also the President of the Compagnie Médocaine, the Bordeaux Négociant, which is wholly owned by AXA Millésimes.
Apart from Quinta da Romaneira and the properties of AXA Millésimes, he is also co-founder and joint owner of Coates and Seely Ltd., producer of English Sparkling Wine in Hampshire, England.
Adelino TeixeiraViticulturalist
Adelino Teixeira has a bachelor degree in Agricultural Production and graduated in Agro-Livestock Engineering – both studies concluded at the Agrarian Superior School of Coimbra.Worked at Quinta do Noval between 1994 and 2005. He has been working for Romaneira since 2005 as responsible for viticulture and for the whole agricultural area of the Quinta.
Filipe SalgadoFinancial Director
Born in 1973 in the south of France (Valence), Filipe came to Portugal with his parents (Portugal natives) in 1985. Educated in the city of Vila do Conde, high school (Accounting) and university (Accounting & Management), he post-graduated in Finance and Tax Management on FEP – University of Porto, in 2005. Filipe founded a local newspaper called “Eco-Jovem” in 1993 and managed it during 18 months. He was member of the University Student Academy in 1994.He started his career in 1996 as an accountant in a transport company where he spent two years. In 1998, he was made controller of an “ITW, Inc” branch focused on construction business in Portugal until 2002 when he accepted the position of Financial Manager in a Portuguese dealer of construction tools.
He was appointed financial controller of Quinta do Noval in 2004 and he accepted to split his time between Quinta do Noval and Quinta da Romaneira in 2006. Sports passionate, he competed in various teams of handball and football.
Leonor SequeiraOenologist
Leonor Sequeira was born in 1975, educated at Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Chemical Analysis Techniques) and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Oenology/Winemaking).She has been the permanent winemaker of Quinta da Romaneira since 2007. Born and raised in the Douro Valley, she has already many years of experience in Douro and Port wines, having been working in some of the greatest wine companies like Quinta do Noval or Ramos Pinto.
Ricardo CamposCommercial Director
Ricardo Campos was born in Porto in 1973, educated at Aveiro University (Industrial Engineering, 1991/1996) and at Budapest University (Marketing and International Business, 1996). In 1998 he worked one year as Market Manager for Asia at “AEP" in Macau/China and, after returning to Portugal, he worked three years as Market Manager for Central/Eastern Europe in the same company. After that, he worked as Export Director for Central/Eastern Europe at “Dan Cake/Hungary” (food industry) for three years. After returning to Portugal he joined the "JMV Group", owner of “Borges Wines”, a major Portuguese winery, where he worked for five years as Market Manager (Europe, North America and Asia). He joined Romaneira in June 2011.
Carlos AgrellosWinemaker
António Agrellos has worked with Christian Seely at Romaneira since the acquisition in 2004. In 2017, António retired, and his nephew Carlos Agrellos took over his role at Romaneira and also at Noval. The thrilling wines produced at Romaneira in 2018 and 2019, his two first full years at Romaneira, confirm that Carlos is a chip off the Agrellos block, and that Romaneira has an exciting winemaking future ahead.
Ana Madeira PereiraExport Sales
Born in Trás-os-Montes, she headed to Porto at a young age, where she graduated in French and English Languages and Literature. But it was in the wine trade where, a few years later, she found her passion.Throughout her professional career, she worked in the Distribution Channel, Telecommunications and Chocolate sectors, but it was to Wines, more precisely the international market, to which she has dedicated over 20 years now, having worked with some emblematic Portuguese wine brands.
During this journey, she attended several Postgraduate degrees in Management, Marketing and Sales, to improve her skills.
She joined the Quinta da Romaneira team in March 2022, with the challenge of continuing to bring the wines and olive oils of this magnificent Quinta in Douro to the world.
