Located in Alandroal in the Alentejo region of Portugal, PLC – Companhia de Vinhos do Alandroal owns over 50 hectacres of vineyards where wine has been produced since Roman times.  The front label of “Pontual” is inspired by the Roman influence in the region.  Its ”crossword” type letter casing is suggestive of the Roman headstones that are found on ancient monuments in the region. The”v” in “Pontval” is evocative of Roman writing in which the letter “u” is depicted as a “v”. Coming from a family of winemakers, Paolo Fiuza Nigra had been producing wines in cooperation with Peter Bright, a well-respected Australian winemaker in Portugal.  Pontual is Paolo’s first personal venture in designing his own wines.