List of products by brand Caves São João
"Estabilished in 1920 by the brothers josé, Manuel and Albano Costa, the Wine-cellars Caves S. João are a family company that, in its beginnings was dedicated to the comercializations of fine wines of the Douro region and liqueurs.
This company, which is nowadays the most ancient wine-producing family company in full activity in the district of Anadia, turned to the production and commercialization of table wines from Bairrada after a bill passed in the 30s prohibited the production od Oporto Wines outside the area of Vila Nova de Gaia.
At the same time, it also initiated the production of sparkling natives, according to the "Champenoise Method", after the help and knowlegde of the renowned French oenolog M. Gaston Mainousson."