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2nd century BC
Early historical accounts of wine production in the region where the São José de Peramanca Farm is located.
12th century
13th century
14th century
In André de Resende's famous chronicle about the prince's wedding, there is an account of King John II's preference for this wine for his son's wedding feast - wine made from "pera manca and other good wines that were available in the municipality".
Between the 14th and 16th centuries, the wine from these lands became popular among Breton merchants who greatly appreciated the wines from this region.
15th century
16th century
In the letter documenting the discovery of Brazil, Pedro Vaz de Caminha mentions the indigenous people's enjoyment of the wine offered by the Portuguese, which is why it is still said in Brazil today that this is the wine brought by Pedro Álvares Cabral.
It is also in this century that references to the wines of these lands appear for the first time in the history of Portugal.
Duarte Nunes de Leão, in his work *Description of the Kingdom of Portugal*, refers to it as follows: "In Alentejo there are the wines of the city of Évora, of which those of Peramanca are highly esteemed for their flavor and sustenance: of which a great doctor said that, being very kind to the stomach and to nature, they put as much strength in a glass as bread, wine and meat from other parts." At the end of this century, in 1590, Manoel Luis, Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos and other students of the University of Évora sing about this wine in the "Paródia Bácchica" in canto I of *Os Lusíadas*: "Drunkards, marked drunkards,
Que d'Alcochete next to Villa Franca,
Through seas never before traversed
They passed even beyond Peramanca.
In strenuous pagodas and suppers
More than white people allowed,
they stayed in the city of Évora
Where kites and rooms were dumped."
17th century
During the reign of King John V, the wine from this region was described by the famous cook Vincent la Chapelle as "as good as any good French wine." This assessment led the monarch to decree that the wines from the lands surrounding the city of Évora, designated at the time as the lands of Peramanca, should be produced exclusively for royal consumption.
The Chapel of São José de Peramanca was built on the farm itself. Túlio Espanca, in his work "Artistic Heritage of the Municipality of Évora," says about it: "It is no earlier than the first quarter of the 17th century and was built on royal lands where, for centuries, the wine of Peramanca had been experimented with, with celebrated results. This wine is mentioned in 16th-century chronicles and was widely exported by Portuguese fleets bound for overseas territories."
18th century
19th century
20th CENTURY
Since then, the enormous house and part of the land around it have become the property of the Grave family.
21st CENTURY - THE BEGINNING OF HISTORY
After almost a century of interruption, João Grave decided to return to the productive origins of this land, and in 2003 the first vines were planted, with the first Pêra-Grave wine being bottled in 2005.
Pêra-Grave wines win awards and medals in international competitions. Currently, the vineyard is fully planted, covering approximately 15.5 hectares, with 14 hectares of red grapes and 1.5 hectares of white grapes.
