Churchill's

Churchill's is an independent wine producer in Porto, Portugal, founded in 1981 by Johnny Graham, a fifth-generation member of the Douro's Graham family who trained at Cockburn's before starting his own company. Unable to use the family name, he named the business after his wife, Caroline Churchill, becoming the first person to establish a new independent Port house in fifty years. In 1999 the house bought a vineyard, Quinta da Gricha on the Douro's south bank, adding Quinta do Rio in the Torto valley.

Alongside vintage and late bottled vintage Port, a fortified wine made using foot-treading and natural fermentation with only small amounts of brandy, Churchill's also produces unfortified red and white Douro table wine under its Estates range. Both draw on native varieties such as Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, grown on the same steep, schist terraces that shape the sweet wine character its Ports are known for.