{"id":12814,"date":"2024-11-14T16:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fladgatewines.com\/team\/pascal-chatonnet\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:56:59","slug":"david-guimaraens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/en\/our_team\/david-guimaraens\/","title":{"rendered":"David Guimaraes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12814\" class=\"elementor elementor-12814 elementor-11734\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28a473 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d28a473\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b467ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b467ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David Guimaraens<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee7612b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee7612b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head Port &amp; Douro<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd90ab2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd90ab2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d5c51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51d5c51\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61fc8d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61fc8d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/David_Guimaraens_Head_winemaker_2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16321\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/David_Guimaraens_Head_winemaker_2.png 635w, https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/David_Guimaraens_Head_winemaker_2-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/fladgatefamilywines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/David_Guimaraens_Head_winemaker_2-600x968.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6f82c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6f82c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c3260 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60c3260\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A sixth-generation member of a family dedicated to Port wine, David Guimaraens is one of the industry&#8217;s most respected winemakers. After gaining international experience in Australia, California and Oregon, he joined The Fladgate Partnership in 1990 and has played a leading role in the production of its wines ever since.<\/p><p>As Technical Director &amp; Head Winemaker, David oversees winemaking across Taylor&#8217;s, Fonseca, Croft and Fladgate Family Wines, combining generations of expertise with innovation in both the winery and the vineyard. 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