Graduated with a degree in Agricultural Engineering from University of Trás-os-Montes (UTAD), was distinguished in 2003 with the Fundação Eng. António de Almeida prize and the merit scholarship of the Fundo de Apoio ao Estudante, which is awarded to the best degree student.
After several harvest internships complemented with training courses in Enology and Viticulture and a period at the Viticulture Institute of the Catholic University of Piacenza (Italy), in 2002 he joined the Alves de Sousa team, where he is currently technical director and responsible for export markets.
For a few years he accumulated functions with a PhD in Viticulture (which he concluded with the highest classification) at the Department of Phytotechnics and Rural Engineering at UTAD, where he has been, since 2020, on the faculty of the Enology degree.
In 2021, he accepted the invitation to be a consultant winemaker at Menin Douro Estates, where he actively participates in the process and creation of our wines.