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    Júlio Bastos

    Owner and Winemaker, Dona Maria

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    Portrait of Júlio Bastos

    Portrait of Júlio Bastos

    i. Biography

    After selling his shares in Quinta do Carmo around the turn of the millennium, he launched Dona Maria and released the first vintage in 2003, building the project around old-vine, terroir-driven Alentejo wines. He was named Producer of the Year by Revista de Vinhos.

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