Symington Family Estates is a wine company and Port wine house in Portugal, which owns and operates several vineyards and wineries and owns several brands of Port, Madeira wine and Douro DOC wines, including some of the oldest and most well-known Port and Madeira brands. With their extensive vineyard holdings and many Port brands, the Symingtons are often described as being a "Port empire".[1][2]
The companies owned by Symington Family Estates and individual family members together own 27 quintas (estates) in the Alto Douro region, and additionally lease one and operate one as a joint venture.[3] These 25 quintas together have 940 hectares (2,300 acres) of vineyards.[4] Over 70% of the Port wine sold by Symington-owned brands is produced from grapes from these vineyards.[5] Together with these land holdings, the Symingtons are the largest vineyard ownership group in the Douro.[6]
The Symington family are members of the association Primum Familiae Vini.[7]