In 2012, he was awarded the most prestigious award that a winemaker can receive in Portugal, the title of “Oenologist of the Year”.

Susana Esteban was born in Tui, Spain. She has a degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a Master in Viticulture and Enology from the University of La Rioja. She began her career as a winemaker in 1999, at Quinta do Côtto, having subsequently worked as a winemaker at Quinta do Crasto between 2002 and 2007. Both farms are located in the Douro. She has been working since the 2007 harvest as a consultant for different producers in Alentejo.

In addition to Alentejo wines, Susana Esteban established a partnership in 2011 with her friend and also oenologist, Sandra Tavares, to produce wine in partnership. The first fruit of this partnership took the name “Crochet”, a wine that is made in the Douro. Since 2014, “Crochet” has been accompanied by an Alentejo brother, also red, “Tricot”, produced in Alentejo.