Winemaker

António Lopes Ribeiro

Discipline: Winemaker
Based in: Tondela, Portugal
Venue: Casa de Mouraz · Winery

i. Biography

António Lopes Ribeiro’s work is defined by one estate and one role: founder of Casa de Mouraz and the winemaker behind its wines. There is no spread of houses or postings to account for here. The craft sits in a single place, where ownership and making stay joined, and where the estate functions as both platform and proof of authorship.

The Path

Casa de Mouraz is the fixed point in António Lopes Ribeiro’s professional life. As its founder and winemaker, he has kept the role and the site aligned, so the house is not just where he works but the structure around which the work is built.

The Work Today

Winemaking is the present tense of António Lopes Ribeiro’s practice at Casa de Mouraz. The title carries the weight of daily decisions and of maintaining a house he founded, with the wines serving as the direct expression of that continuity. The emphasis here is on steadiness: one estate, one craft, and the discipline required to keep them in step.

Career - Winemaker — Casa de Mouraz

Signature

AIR, Chibu, Bio Red 2020, Biotite, and Maresia are the signature wines associated with António Lopes Ribeiro. The names matter as markers of output from Casa de Mouraz, giving shape to a body of work that is identifiable without being dispersed. They point to authorship through the bottle list, with each label remaining within the same house frame.

Acclaim

António Lopes Ribeiro has received Decanter World Wine Awards, Silver Medal (2015). The recognition attached to António Lopes Ribeiro comes from the combination of founder and winemaker at Casa de Mouraz. That pairing is the achievement itself: the person who established the house remains the one making its wine. The credit is grounded in direct involvement, and in the clarity of a practice that has stayed tied to a single estate and its wines.

FAQ How did António Lopes Ribeiro get started? He got started by founding Casa de Mouraz.