The Regulatory Council of D.O. Valdeorras, the winemakers and the entire team of "the mother of the wine" wish you Merry Christmas .
Monday, December 24, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Meet the new wineries that presenting their videos at the DO Valdeorras web
Christmas is coming and from The mother of wine we are pleased to offer you three new videos of the Valdeorras wineries that, through the Web site of the Regulatory Council, will present you the excellence of their work.
So that you may know a little better these wineries, we go with the video and a brief description of their work:
Winery DBERNA
Ago today more than a century, Manuel Guitián put their first plantations on the sunny slopes of Córgomo, thus starting a family tradition that reaches today.
Manuel Guitián taught his son José and this tought his son, Ramon Guitián, care of the plantations.Today, is the son of the latter, Berna Guitián with his wife, who wanted to continue this long family tradition of winemaking, through the creation of a winery for the development of production of these own vineyards, located in the Córgomo slopes.
DBERNA winery is equipped with the latest technologies winemaking, where applying new production techniques, combined with technology and family tradition, it gets a magnificent quality in its Godello and Mencia wines that are a true reflection of the Valdeorras quality seal .
Adega Jose Aristegui
Adega Jose Aristegui is a signature wines winery and with a near implementation which began operating in 2012 with initial production of about 6,000 bottles.
In its first year, has achieved significant awards from some of the most prestigious nationwide competitions of new wines. Done that catapulted it, immediately, to have a important presence also in the international sector.
In developing its wines: José Aristegui Mencia, José Aristegui Godello and Traste, the winery use a carefully process to select the grape varieties in the centenarians plots for the vinification.
Bodega Roandi
The Family Moral in their 4th generation of winemakers, assumes the project of founding Roandi Winery. This latest generation of the family, grown with innovative flair while respecting tradition, are aware of the possibilities of autochthonous Galician strains coupages and in this careful balance, endow their wines with a distinctly and unique character typical of the Galician red varieties .
The vineyards sit on slopes of 525 m. of altitude on slate soils and clayey nature. These vineyards are composed of ancestral strains, mixed with the conversion of 16 hectares of a Galician noble varieties wineyard and, with a balanced compendium, endow to their wines with a large set of complex feelings, different and unique. With this, Roandi makes a wines of high common sense, based on respect for the earth and ways to work it inherited following the traditional line of ancestors.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The DO Valdeorras apellation wines are already in Brussels
Yesterday began the first of two presentations that Regulatory Council and wineries DO Valdeorras held in Brussels, surrounded by a large halo of expectation, which has overcome the best expectations for these events.
At 11:00 pm yesterday, the Hotel Meridien received a Valdeorras delegation formed by the Regulatory Council and eleven wineries representation, which showed the excellence of the 2011 harvest at a large number of Belgian professionals.
In a ceremony that lasted until 17:00 pm, the main wine professionals in Belgium not want to miss the excellence of each trendiest wines in the international wine scene and, with a nearly full room, they had able to ratify the great expectation given by the most prestigious competitions in Belgium and the Netherlands to these wines.
If the professional sector played yesterday, today will be the turn of the high institutions and the public in general, in a ceremony marked by a high demand for assistance and invitations, that expect a full almost total in the Fundación Galicia Europa.
At 11:00 pm yesterday, the Hotel Meridien received a Valdeorras delegation formed by the Regulatory Council and eleven wineries representation, which showed the excellence of the 2011 harvest at a large number of Belgian professionals.
In a ceremony that lasted until 17:00 pm, the main wine professionals in Belgium not want to miss the excellence of each trendiest wines in the international wine scene and, with a nearly full room, they had able to ratify the great expectation given by the most prestigious competitions in Belgium and the Netherlands to these wines.
If the professional sector played yesterday, today will be the turn of the high institutions and the public in general, in a ceremony marked by a high demand for assistance and invitations, that expect a full almost total in the Fundación Galicia Europa.
Fundación Galicia Europa is a private, non-profit-making institution created to promote all the actions that favour a closer relationship between Galicia and Europe. It was established in 1988, and it is made up of several public and private Galician entities. It is open to collaboration with all the institutions representing the economic and social Galician life and pursuing the same aims.
Since its creation, the directorship of Fundación Galicia Europa has been functionally linked to the Xunta de Galicia. Nowadays, the department of the regional administration in charge of Fundación Galicia Europa has been the General Directory of Foreign Affairs and EU Relations from the Regional Ministry of Presidency, Civil Service and Justice of the Galician Government. The Galician President is the Director of the Fundación and the General Director of External Affairs is the Managing Director. The reason of this bond is to achieve a better coordination of all the European related actions undertaken by the different Galician sectors.
Since its creation, the directorship of Fundación Galicia Europa has been functionally linked to the Xunta de Galicia. Nowadays, the department of the regional administration in charge of Fundación Galicia Europa has been the General Directory of Foreign Affairs and EU Relations from the Regional Ministry of Presidency, Civil Service and Justice of the Galician Government. The Galician President is the Director of the Fundación and the General Director of External Affairs is the Managing Director. The reason of this bond is to achieve a better coordination of all the European related actions undertaken by the different Galician sectors.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Meet the DO Valdeorras wineries that will be present their wines in Brussels
The Regulatory Council and DO Valdeorras apellation wineries are ending the preparations for its meeting with the international public in Brussels, through two events that will be held on November 26th and 27th at Meridiem Hotel and central Galicia - Europa Foundation, respectively.
As announced in previous publications, Brussels is preparing to welcome the Valdeorras wines within a framework which places the Belgian capital as a European benchmark and important market for international marketing and promotion of wine.
It is significant that one of the most important events in this sector in Europe, the "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles", held in this place and, in addiction, several Valdeorras wines looks in their bottles the top medals of this competition
Therefore, in the firm commitment of sharing DO Valdeorras apellation excellence with all audiences, through this double act present the virtues of the 2011 harvest to local professionals, higher institutions and the general public that wishing to attend the event.
Please remember, if you want to participate in the presentation, you can request your invitation by sending an email with your full name to: lamadredelvino@dovaldeorras.tv
Hurry up, today few places are available
While the last fringes are forged, from the Mother Of Wine present the wineries to take part in this meeting.
You can get more information about each one by clicking on its name
As announced in previous publications, Brussels is preparing to welcome the Valdeorras wines within a framework which places the Belgian capital as a European benchmark and important market for international marketing and promotion of wine.
It is significant that one of the most important events in this sector in Europe, the "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles", held in this place and, in addiction, several Valdeorras wines looks in their bottles the top medals of this competition
Therefore, in the firm commitment of sharing DO Valdeorras apellation excellence with all audiences, through this double act present the virtues of the 2011 harvest to local professionals, higher institutions and the general public that wishing to attend the event.
Please remember, if you want to participate in the presentation, you can request your invitation by sending an email with your full name to: lamadredelvino@dovaldeorras.tv
Hurry up, today few places are available
While the last fringes are forged, from the Mother Of Wine present the wineries to take part in this meeting.
You can get more information about each one by clicking on its name
Monday, November 19, 2012
The DO Valdeorras appellation wines present their excellence in Brussels
After the successes in New York and Madrid, the Regulatory Council and wineries of the DO Valdeorras appellation continue their promotional campaign and, the 26th and 27th November, will present the international prestige of their wines in Brussels.
In a presentation framework which will run in two events, the wineries and the Regulatory Council will show the credit and the international prestige of their wines to the local public, which have turned the DO Valdeorras appellation wines into a reference of Galicia abroad.
Thus, the first event will be held at Hotel Meridiam, on Monday 26th November, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This act will be aimed to retailers, restaurateurs and Belgian wine professionals to promotional activities and marketing.
Following the line of sharing the quality of their wines with the great public, on Tuesday 27th November, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the meeting moves to the Galicia-Europa Foundation center. There will be held a presentation target to the highest international institutions and opened to the general public.
Please, remember that if you would like to take part in the event, you shall request your invitation by sending an email, adding your full name in it, to: lamadredelvino@dovaldeorras.tv
To complete this act presentation, we will give you full information of the participating wineries throughout the week, as well as the latest news regarding requests for assistance.
Stay tuned for news, there will be surprises.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
This is how the "new harvest" is made in Valdeorras.
After a year of work and cares in
the vineyard, it comes one of the key and more analyzed moments in the modern
era of wine, in order to get a wine of the highest quality: the vintage.
The study of the acidity, the
sugar and the tannin maturity (polyphenol maturity) determines the optimal time
for the harvest, which is made as quickly as possible, during the colder hours
of the day (or night), using plastic containers and in small amounts.
In some cases, the harvest is
made in different stages and for certain wines or even there is a cautious
selection of the grapes.
Once in the winery, where hygiene
and cleanliness must be optimal (some people argue that this factor is noticed
in the wine quality), the resulting must that has undergone destemming and
passed through crusher, begins its fermentation in clean and conveniently
desinfected stainlees steel tanks, the material used in Spain for the
fermentation and the aging of wines.
However, in recent times there is
a trend of processing and preservation as it was in the past in which, without
prejudice the proper asepsis required by the winery, wood and concrete are
materials widely used either for the beneficial micro oxygenation or the
polyphenolic extra contribution.
While more than 100 years ago the
wine aging was the result of the necessity of storage and transport, today it is
in many cases a universal and democratic obligation that every winemaker must
perform in at least some of its wines, if
pretends to compete in the market.
The calculation and technicity have also
occupied an important place in this area, where nothing is left to chance; from
the origin and type of wood, to the exact amount of tannin that contains and, of
course, the age of the barrels, which should preferably be young and new.
All these criteria have not gone
unnoticed for the D.O. Valdeorras appellation, in which its wineries lovingly care
the smallest detail; and all this dedication has made possible their presence
in the most demanding markets, with wines that have been valued with infinity
of international awards and praised by the most prestigious winemakers, critics
and sommeliers of the international wine sector.
91 points for "A Coroa Godello 2011" in the "International Wine Cellar" a publication of Stephen Tanzer
New international recognition of the wine industry for Valdeorras wines that, once more, arrive by the hand of the A Coroa winery, achieving this time 91 points in the publication "International Wine Cellar". This is one of the referential publications in the world wine sector, together with "The Wine Advocate" of Robert Parker.
The
prestigious American wine critic Stephen Tanzer, is back to track to elevate the
Valdeorras Godello "A Coroa" giving to the wine, this time, 91 points
in his bimonthly publication "International Wine Cellar".
The one considered
by a large segment of the world of wine experts as the biggest competitor of Robert Parker, bets once more on Godellos of
the D.O. Valdeorras appellation as the reference of the Spanish white wines in
the international wine market.
The A Coroa
winery, which has just got a major gap in the Swedish monopoly market through
System Bolaget chain, continues guaranteeing the quality of its Godello 2011.
In this occasion, the cellar gets a new recognition to its achievements that is
added to all previous of 2012: gold medal at the "World Wine Selection of
Canada", gold medal at the "International Wine Competition of
Lyon", silver Medal at the "Competition for the Best Spanish Wines for USA", the silver "Bacchus" in
Spain and the Silver “Acio” in Galicia.
In addition,
A Coroa wine has been featured in the The New York Times this year. The
magazine has stressed among 20 wines of the Godello variety sold in the USA
market the A Coroa wine as the most significant of them all, following the
taste of the wine critic Eric Asimov. He has highlighted this as a "deep,
tasty and unique wine, with a succulent texture and flavors of tropical
fruits", expanding his valuation with the sentence "is a wine that
not only represents power, but the power turned into wine".
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| Stephen Tanzer |
Stephen
Tanzer is one of the most famous critics in the United States. He is the
director and editor of the bimonthly publication "International Wine
Cellars", which was launched in 1985. This uses a rating system based on a
wine quality scale that goes from 70 to 100 points, being the major competitor
of "The Wine Advocate" publication of Robert Parker. However, the
distinguishing feature of both publications lies on a less extravagant line
followed by Tanzer.
Tanzer
tastes more than 10,000 wines in the United States and abroad annually, and is
a professional who spends many months of the year visiting vineyards, wine
regions and meeting the producers.
Hence, this
rating ratifies the international prestige of the Godellos of the D.O.
Valdeorras appellation, and confirms the high quality of these as "some of
the most fashionable wines in the international wine sector."
New data on the D.O. Valdeorras appellation harvest confirm the high quality of the grapes
As the week
goes by, more wineries from Valdeorras have joined the picking of the fruit, as
well as have shared with us their valuations on the new crop. Despite the fact
that the amount of grapes has decreased this year, all them agree with the
great quality of the fruit that, for sure, will characterize the 2012 harvest
of the D.O. Valdeorras appellation.
Thus, among
other wineries of the D.O. Valdeorras appellation, Godeval ushered in the harvest last week, being this the pioneering winery in the recovery of the godello
variety in Valdeorras, thanks to its president Horacio Fernández Presa, in
1982.
His
valuations of the 2012 grape harvest are about the more than ten days of delay
of the picking jobs compared to last year. Also, and due to weather conditions,
he points out that there's been a decrease in the quantity of grapes to be
harvested this season. Nevertheless, and from the winery, they reaffirm that
the quality of the grape is optimal and this will characterize the great wines
of the D.O.Valdeorras appellation.
Horacio
Fernández also estimates that Godeval will collect about 30 percent less
production, but ensures that the quality will be "optimal". Fernández
Presa explains that the white variety godello will also increase its acidity
this year, considering this as an advantage: "if we are usually between
6.5 to 7, this year we will be in 7. Wines from this region are characterized
by acidity, and this is what makes us different."
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| Horacio Fernández |
Godeval
harvest, that began yesterday morning in the farms of "La Granja" and
"la Graciosa" in Vilamartín, will continue throughout the next ten
days or so, and will be marked by a year of unusual weather conditions.
As Horacio
Fernández explains, "this harvest is marked since October last year. The
value of the soil water is very low because of the lack of rain in those months
and the plants were not enough strong to prepare for a new flowering and
maturation process."
The godello
grape collection on the farms owned by the Godeval winery is made with boxes of
18 kilos, always following the standard of "not carry those grapes that
you wouldn't eat to the winery"
Once
in the winery facilities, the process continues with the selection, pressing
and fermentation of the must. Despite of this process, winemakers affirm that
the base is always in the vid and in the field in which it grows, stating that "the
wine is made in the vineyard".
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Valdeorras began the harvest with an excellent grape quality
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| Photo: Lolita Vázquez (La Voz de Galicia) - Info Source: La Región |
The María
Teresa Nuñez Vega winery was the first in starting the picking work in Galicia,
last Thursday at 08.00 am.
The
vineyards are located in the City Council of Petín and there is where the
campaign of the Autonomous Community began.
Leading the works, which will continue throughout the next days, we find
the owner of the winery Celestino Naveira. He announced that the grape is of an
excellent quality, although the crop is expected to be lower than the previous
year.
'There are
fewer grapes than last year, a 20% less, but in fact there are more than we
were expecting. For sure, all the grapes are excellent ' he stated. Despite the
fact that weather conditions led to several days of delay to begin the harvest,
these also favored the development of the plants, that could enjoy several days
of warm temperatures, ideal for picking the fruit.
The María
Teresa Núñez winery works with mencia, alicante and godello varieties.
According to Celestino Naveira, this last variety 'mature sooner', reaching
13.5 degrees this year. He also indicated that its production is slightly
larger than 30,000 bottles, being of godello variety two out of three.
Video: La Región
The
expectations of the winery of Petín coincide totally with those of the
Regulatory Council of D.O. Valdeorras appellation. His technical director,
Jorge Mazaira, also calculated a 20% decline in production respect the vintage
of 2011, when producers in Valdeorras collected about 6.4 million kilos.
The
technician of this winemaking organization also indicated that the 'quality of
the grape is very good; it rained when rain was needed and it was warm at the
right time. These days, temperatures of 30 degrees are ideal for the harvest;
if these were higher, grapes could be damaged'.
Despite of
belonging to the first Galician appellation that starts the harvest, cellars of
Valdeorras begin this campaing a week later compared with the previous season,
when at the end of August we could already find workers in the vineyards.
Throughout
the weekend, a great part of wineries that make up the D.O. Valdeorras
appellation have joined the harvest, although the main activity is expected to
take place around 23 September.
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