{"id":1298,"date":"2024-08-22T08:48:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:28:58","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1298\" class=\"elementor elementor-1298 elementor-228\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c905b09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c905b09\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3331336f elementor-widget elementor-widget-slider_revolution\" data-id=\"3331336f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slider_revolution.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"home-banner-section\" class=\"wp-block-themepunch-revslider\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"slider-quem-somos-en\" data-id=\"16\" id=\"SR7_16_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_16_1-33\" data-key=\"33\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_16_1-33-1\" class=\"sr7-layer\">QUEM SOMOS<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_16_1-33-2\" class=\"sr7-layer\">Gera\u00e7\u00f5es apaixonadas pelo Douro<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_16_1-34\" data-key=\"34\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_16_1-34-5\" class=\"sr7-layer\">WHO WE ARE<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_16_1-34-6\" class=\"sr7-layer\">Generations passionate about the Douro<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<image_lists style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/quem_somos1.webp\" data-libid=\"1104\" data-lib=\"medialibrary\" title=\"quem_somos1\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9xdWludGF2YWxkYWZpZ3VlaXJhLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAyNS8wNS9xdWVtX3NvbW9zMS53ZWJw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/image_lists>\n\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tSR7.PMH ??={}; 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He fell in love with the Douro region and in the early 1930s purchased Quinta de Val da Figueira. This property became the central part of the current estate and the adjacent vineyards, inherited by his wife J\u00falia C\u00e1lem, make up the total area. The current main house and chapel were built during his lifetime.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96713d9 wd-section-stretch section-visit-us e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96713d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e92f5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e92f5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f5eb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"12f5eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo.webp\" class=\"attachment-1200x700 size-1200x700\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo.webp 1200w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alfredo-150x84.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104b649 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"104b649\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2914ec5 home-item-content wd-width-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"2914ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Alfredo E. C\u00e1lem Hoelzer (1916-2007)<\/h2> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-after_title set-cont-mb-s reset-last-child wd-fontsize-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recognized as one of the most respected Port wine tasters of his generation, he worked for C\u00e1lem for over 50 years. Almost all of the replanting and expansion of the vineyard area at Quinta de Val da Figueira was carried out on his initiative and under his guidance. In the mid-1980s, with the change in the law that allowed independent producers to sell and export their own brands, the estate was one of the first properties to produce and market its own brand of 10 Year Old Port and Extra Dry White Port. Quinta de Val da Figueira owes its current status to its astute and low-profile management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9cd912 wd-section-stretch section-who-are-we e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9cd912\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-982e8aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"982e8aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479ea00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"479ea00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao.webp\" class=\"attachment-1200x700 size-1200x700\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao.webp 1200w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joao-150x84.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb6cc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dfb6cc0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3bae05 home-item-content wd-width-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"b3bae05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Jo\u00e3o C\u00e1lem Hoelzer (1950-)<\/h2> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-after_title set-cont-mb-s reset-last-child wd-fontsize-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Current owner, Jo\u00e3o C\u00e1lem Hoelzer, has been working in the Port wine production and trade for 46 years. For 22 years, he was a member of the tasting panel team at one of the most prestigious Port wine companies. In addition to a few years studying and working abroad, he now has almost half a hundred harvests under his belt at Quinta de Val da Figueira. He took over the day-to-day management of the estate in the mid-1990s and has been full time since 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b40c0a9 wd-section-stretch section-visit-us e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b40c0a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19318c5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19318c5a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ecb528 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"76ecb528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta.webp\" class=\"attachment-1200x700 size-1200x700\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta.webp 1200w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/quintavaldafigueira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marta-150x84.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-201e539f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"201e539f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee9f8e0 home-item-content wd-width-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"3ee9f8e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Marta C\u00e1lem Hoelzer (1996-)<\/h2> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-after_title set-cont-mb-s reset-last-child wd-fontsize-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marta C\u00e1lem Hoelzer, a descendant of dedicated winegrowers, graduated in Agronomic Engineering and later took a post-graduate course in Oenology and Viticulture. As well as working for companies in the Douro region, she has had some international harvest experiences in Bordeaux (France), Marlborough (New Zealand), Rutherglen (Australia) and Stellenbosch (South Africa) in order to increase her knowledge and now put it into practice at Quinta de Val da Figueira. Marta and her father work with the focus of preserving this legacy by highlighting the Port wine production that continues to be the backbone of the DOC Douro red wine process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfredo Leopoldo Holzer (1882-1942) Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he joined the C\u00e1lem family, well-established Port wine producers and shippers. 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