Portuguese presence in the Nordics

Companhia de Vinhos dos Profetas e Villões

Madeira & Porto Santo wines

Madeira and Porto Santo wine company created by winemaker António Maçanita — the founder of Fitapreta, Azores Wine Company and Maçanita Vinhos — together with Nuno Faria, a partner in the Lisbon restaurant 100 Maneiras who is Madeiran with a family history on Porto Santo. According to the Maçanita group’s own account the project was born during the first pandemic lockdown, which Faria spent on Porto Santo among the island’s low, white-walled vineyards; the name plays on the nicknames the two islands give each other (Madeirans call Porto Santo people “Profetas”, who reply with “Villões”). Its wines include Listrão dos Profetas from Porto Santo and Tinta Negra dos Villões from Madeira. In Sweden, Systembolaget has scheduled Tinta Negra dos Villões dos Profetas 2024 (art. 9271101, SEK 299) for its temporary-assortment launch of 2 October 2026, imported by Handpicked Wines Sweden AB.

OriginPortugal (Madeira and Porto Santo)
GroupAntónio Maçanita wineries (Fitapreta, Azores Wine Company, Maçanita Vinhos, Profetas e Villões)
FoundersAntónio Maçanita and Nuno Faria (100 Maneiras)
WinesListrão dos Profetas (Porto Santo), Tinta Negra dos Villões (Madeira), Caracol
Nordic customerSystembolaget (SE) — Tinta Negra dos Villões dos Profetas 2024 (art. 9271101, SEK 299), temporary-assortment launch 2 Oct 2026
Swedish importerHandpicked Wines Sweden AB
Target marketsSweden

Corridor footprint

Madeira and Porto Santo wine company created by winemaker António Maçanita — the founder of Fitapreta, Azores Wine Company and Maçanita Vinhos — together with Nuno Faria, a partner in the Lisbon restaurant 100 Maneiras who is Madeiran with a family history on Porto Santo. According to the Maçanita group’s own account the project was born during the first pandemic lockdown, which Faria spent on Porto Santo among the island’s low, white-walled vineyards; the name plays on the nicknames the two islands give each other (Madeirans call Porto Santo people “Profetas”, who reply with “Villões”). Its wines include Listrão dos Profetas from Porto Santo and Tinta Negra dos Villões from Madeira. In Sweden, Systembolaget has scheduled Tinta Negra dos Villões dos Profetas 2024 (art. 9271101, SEK 299) for its temporary-assortment launch of 2 October 2026, imported by Handpicked Wines Sweden AB.

Why this matters

Companhia de Vinhos dos Profetas e Villões sits inside the Portugal ↔ Scandinavia business corridor that NorthSouth HQ tracks every day. As Portuguese presence in the Nordics, its operations are a data point in the broader story of how capital, goods, people and ideas flow between Portugal and the Nordics — a corridor that is accelerating in 2026.

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