Ramilo Wines is a fourth-generation family producer working the sandy, ungrafted vineyards of Colares and the limestone slopes of the Lizandro valley near Mafra, relaunched in 2013 by brothers Pedro and Nuno Ramilo. Five Ramilo wines, including Ramisco and Malvasia de Colares, are in the ordering range of Vinmonopolet in Norway, imported by Oslo wholesaler Bona Fide Wines AS.
The family history on the producer’s website traces the business to great-grandfather Manuel Francisco Ramilo, who planted much of his land to vines in the early 20th century. Later generations moved into distributing and marketing wines from other regions. In 2013 brothers Pedro and Nuno Ramilo took the business back to its own vineyards. They rebuilt the family estates, saved old vines and planted new ones, and now describe themselves as close to becoming the largest private producer of Ramisco from Colares. The estates are Casal do Ramilo, on limestone slopes in the Lizandro valley near Mafra, and Quinta do Cameijo, where ungrafted Colares vines grow low in sandy soil. The family company registered at Alvarinhos, São João das Lampas (Sintra), is Manuel Francisco Ramilo & Filho, Lda (NIF 502813822). It was incorporated in 1992, carries the founder’s name and is registered for drinks retail and wholesale plus grape, wine and sparkling-wine production.
In Norway, the monopoly’s product search lists five active Ramilo wines, all in the Bestillingsutvalget (ordering range): Ramisco Colares 2019 (art. 17414901, NOK 1,650), Malvasia Colares 2020 (art. 17415101, NOK 764.90), Galego Dourado Branco 2025 (art. 17415201, NOK 474.90), Nativas Branco 2024 (art. 17415001, NOK 309) and Nativas Tinto 2023 (art. 17415301, NOK 309). Vinmonopolet names Ramilo Wines as producer, Bona Fide Wines AS as wholesaler and Skanlog AS as the logistics provider. Bona Fide Wines describes itself as a new Oslo importer set up in 2024. We found no listing in Sweden’s Systembolaget range.
Colares is one of Portugal’s smallest appellations, with ungrafted vines in sand that phylloxera never reached. A NOK 1,650 Ramisco in Vinmonopolet’s range shows that Norwegian sommelier-led importers will take on very small, high-priced Portuguese appellations, not only volume reds from the Alentejo and Douro.
Sources: ramilowines.com – Family History and The Estates; Vinmonopolet product pages (linked above); Racius – Manuel Francisco Ramilo & Filho, Lda; bonafidewines.no. Checked 21 October 2026.
Status: Compiled from public sources · Last verified: · Update this profile
Work at Ramilo Wines? Send corrections or additions. Every update is checked before it is published; submissions are reviewed within a few working days.
Fractio helps Portuguese companies build commercial presence in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland — without the overhead of a full subsidiary.
Talk to Fractio →