Douro wine business of The Wine Collection, S.A. (Vila Nova de Gaia), whose executive winemaker is Álvaro van Zeller. Its Iron Maiden Darkest Red is in Systembolaget’s fixed range in Sweden, where 53,932 litres were sold in 2025, and has been listed at Norway’s Vinmonopolet as well.
Sweden is the proven market. Systembolaget has carried Iron Maiden Darkest Red in its fixed range since 15 October 2024 (article 7567201, 75 cl, SEK 139), supplied by the importer The Wine Team Global AB, and the monopoly’s own 2025 sales ledger records 53,932 litres sold in 2025, up 69.5% on 31,824 litres in 2024. The Systembolaget listing names the producer as Van Zeller Wine Collection SA.
Norway followed. Vinmonopolet lists the 2024 vintage of Iron Maiden Darkest Red in its order range (article 19184901, NOK 250), with Exciting Wines AS as wholesaler and Vectura AS as distributor. The wine is made in the Douro by The Wine Collection, S.A., a Vila Nova de Gaia company with €400,000 of share capital, under executive winemaker Álvaro van Zeller; it was launched at ProWein in March 2024 with UK distributor Ehrmanns Wines.
A band-branded Douro red growing by almost 70% a year inside Systembolaget’s fixed range is a rare Portuguese volume success in the Swedish monopoly, where most Portuguese listings are small order-range lines. It shows that a strong consumer brand, a committed Nordic importer and a price point near SEK 140 can move a Portuguese wine into the tens of thousands of litres.
22 September 2026 — Iron Maiden Eddie’s Blend Tinto 2024 launched, with Sweden and Finland among six export markets named by the company; the partnership has sold more than 600,000 bottles in 30 countries since 2024 (Grande Consumo, 23 Sep 2026).
September 2026 — Iron Maiden Darkest Red 2024 listed in Vinmonopolet’s order range in Norway (art. 19184901, NOK 250).
2025 — 53,932 litres sold through Systembolaget, up 69.5% year on year.
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