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 .

Meet winery DBERNA

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.

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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.

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VIÑA SOMOZA BODEGAS Y VIÑEDOS S.L.

In the first third of the twentieth century, a group of winegrowers in the area between Victor Fernandez who was surrendered to the reconstruction of vineyards, although their efforts were to fail, because then premium placed on quantity over quality , and different varieties of native Godello, but of lower quality, quantitative performance had improved, especially in these lands are a medium-low fertility.

At present, factors related to quality have taken a preferential protagonimo, making possible the provision of necessary investments for the conversion of vineyards and the necessary technological improvements in winemaking. It is precisely Victor Fernandez, who founded the first winery, which after two generations, now called Viña Somoza Bodegas y viñedos, S.L.

This winery is active in A Rúa de Valdeorras, currently taking the most important technical advances of last generation, both grape sorting (sorting tables) and wine (gently pressed pneumatic presses, stainless steel tanks with decanters and destinations of French oak lands filters, micro filtration equipment, bottling, labeling, laboratory, etc).

BODEGAS VIRXEN DE GALIR

In the parish of Entoma, easternmost part of the county of Valdeorras, is the winery and its vineyards in the valley at the confluence of the Sil River Galir. It is this river, Galir, which gives its name to the patron saint of this parish, and the winery.

It's a totally family winery, where such sensitive tasks as pumping crushed or pastas are made in facilities that care for and pamper these processes.

BODEGA TESTEIRO, S.A.T.

The Bodega Testeiro, SAT, located at A Rua de Valdeorras, is a long family tradition winery that distributes Mencia and Godello throughout Spain.

BODEGA SEÑORÍO DE ROBLIDO

In the parish of Roblido, belonging to Concello of A Rúa, surrounded by mountains and hills and in the heart of a valley near perfect lies the Bodega Señorío de Roblido.

This winery committed to making good wines from the grape varietals that have in the region of Valdeorras, in his excellent point of maturation.

BODEGAS SAMPAYOLO, S.L.

The winery Sampayolo, S.L. has created the association the corner of the barrel.

The corner of the barrel is the forum to all those associated with cask wines of Bodegas Sampayolo have to tell their stories, impressions and memories of Xuntanza celebrated every year.

The wine cask Sampayolo born with the intention of grouping around wine to friends, colleagues and family, to enjoy the vineyard, gastronomy, landscapes and Valdeorras wine at least once a year.

The association's corner of the barrel is made by direct application on Tel: 679157977 or write an email to: elrincondelabarrica@sampayolo.com and also lets you receive a box of red wine barrel or cask godello, participating in activities des that are made from the winery and take advantage of discounts on products from Bodegas Sampayolo.

The corner of the barrel is the forum to all those associated with cask wines of Bodegas Sampayolo have to tell their stories, impressions and memories of meeting celebrated every year.

BODEGAS RUCHEL S.L.

BODEGAS RUCHEL S.L. were created following the philosophy of producing wines of excellent quality in one of the areas with more wine production and with the Denomination of Origin: Valdeorras. All the hard work gave its first results in 1990, that year the company sold around nine thousand bottles of best quality white wine. In the year 1998 our wine company expanded with the goal to create and commercialize red wine. We hoped to begin with a production of fifteen thousand bottles, but our cellars were prepared, once the expansion reforms were finished, to produce one hundred and thirty thousand red wine bottles. In 2004 we will produce around two hundred twenty thousand bottles of the Godello and Mencía varieties.

During all this years BODEGAS RUCHEL have continued with the central idea of producing good quality wines, to achieve this we take great care of the grapes in the vines, no adding any harmful additives. We take special care during the grape harvest waiting for the right moment to proceed with a careful and gentle elaboration of the grapes.

BODEGA RAFAEL PALACIOS

Rafael Palacios is the son of D. Jose Palacios Remondo (founder of Bodegas Palacios Remondo) and a passion for making white wines. After developing its first target in the family winery, Placetas, decides to create his own winery in Galicia, in Valle del Bibei, under the name of Valdeorras, where he finds some godello old vines, ideal for developing their white refined whom cultivate traditional viticulture recovering without herbicides or synthetic treatments.

Currently, Rafael Palacios has 19 fields owned. Its small size is another important characteristic, since no larger than one hectare. "Practice developed 19 different wines, wines of payment, terroir, with which then work in various assemblies," says the youngest of the Parker saga.

Located in the westernmost part of the region to the right bank of the river Bibei, its altitude ranges from 600 m. to 720 m. and distinguished by its sandy soils caused by the natural decay of granite rocks.
These soils are infertile, acidic and erodible.

This machine has been adapted slightly carved with care to structure their terraces and avoid the use of herbicides, thus recovering the traditional viticulture and historical landscape Bibei Valley.

As Sortes The wine is made from older plots ranging from 22 to 89 years cultivated terraces and steep slopes, located outside the Bibei river in the heart of this valley.

Louro is a wine that agrees with Ace Sortes geoclimatic character, soils of granitic origin and altitude of 600 m.

The parcels are located within the municipality of O Bolo where the Valley and places Bibei Chandoiro, Lentellais and Santa Cruz do Bolo.

Younger vineyards are planted in 2.004 Rafael own vineyards and older 14 to 21 years.
In making this wine grapes are also used from leased vineyards and wine grapes associated with the warehouse, also located in this county
Rafael Palacios personally controls the manufacturing process based on full respect for the identity of this land and the purity of the expression of their wines.

BODEGA MANUEL CORZO MACÍAS

The Bodega Manuel Corzo Macías is a family tradition company in which closely follows a good breed of winemakers. Godello developed and Mencia, landraces, for distribution in Galicia, Spain and France.

BODEGA JUAN ARES VICENTE

The Bodega Juan Ares Vicente was founded in 1999 and makes all the wines it produces, being essentially Godello and Mencia, landraces of the region.

BODEGA JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ

The tradition of wine of this winery has been maintained for several generations through the own vineyards, which grow primarily Godello and Mencia Valdeorras landraces.

BODEGA JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ GONZÁLEZ

The philosophy of Bodega José González González part of the tradition of their ancestors, as they always turned to winemaking in the region.

BODEGA JOAQUIN REBOLLEDO

This winery was born of the vision of its founder and his knowledge of fertility and bounty of the land of his birth.

In the 1980s, this project emerges through the dedication, love and tenacity of Joaquin Rebolledo.

The prestige already acquired, recognized with numerous awards, is still retained and increasing with new generations.

BODEGA JESÚS RAFAEL NÚÑEZ RODRÍGUEZ

The Bodega Jesús Rafael Núñez Rodríguez is a family working in which the wines are made from their oen vineyards.

BODEGA GODEVAL, S.A.T.

Godeval account for with a modern winemaking technology, which adds to the noble vocation of its founders to respect the best that tradition can provide. Since its founding premium quality rather than quantity, so their production does not exceed the 150,000 liters Godello made exclusively with grapes from its 17 beautiful acres of vineyards.

Installed in the same monastery Xagoaza, which, remember, XII century, its thick stone walls of old not only provide a beautiful aesthetic but also the isolation best for the birth of this miracle called wine.

Godeval Winery's vineyards were planted in the '70s and '80s by its founders, so that the average age of the vines is over 15 years. They are located on the slopes with steeper slopes of the region, in schistose character grounds, fences and planted mostly oriented towards the south, so it is guaranteed not only maturity but also a perfect health.

Careful with your environment, responsible for warehouse use integrated production techniques which respect the most of the ecosystem of the area. For system and because the terrain requires it, the harvest is entirely manual.

With the recovery of the variety Godello, the intention of the winery has been offering a young white wine, soft, aromatic and fruity, which is up to the concept of a superb single-grape wine. The result has been: Vina Godeval, a noble wine that stands out in both the variety, such as climate and soil where it came from, a wine that has just been chosen by the prestigious American magazine "Wine Spectator" as the best Spanish wine world at a cost of less than 12 euros.

RECIPES CONTEST WITH WINE OF GUARANTEE OF ORIGIN VALDEORRAS

The contest consist of sending by email recipes prepared with wine of some of the wineries of the Valdeorras Gurantee of Origin. Participants may retrieve the wines in http://www.dovaldeorras.tv/Bodegas_Caldos/Bodegas.php

RULES
1. The constest is organized by Limaia Produccións S.L. to the dovaldeorras.tv

2. HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Any person of any nationality, who is over18.

The recipes can be original, traditional or home made.

The recipes must contain the following data author:

Name and surnames. Adress. Postcode and Town. Province. Country.
Phone number. E-mail.

It will be published the datas name, province and country.


The recipes were reflected of six datums:

a) Name of the recipe
b) Number of diners for which is made
c) Ingredients
d) Variety, brand and add wine
e) Production methods of the recipe
f) Presentation of the dish
g) Picture of the dish prepared. It will be accept a video of the recipe.

Participants may send as much recipes as they want to.


3.DEADLINES:

For the first ruffle deadline its 22nd March at 18.00h, GTM-Madrid.
For the second ruffle deadline its 22nd June at 18.00h, GTM- Madrid.
For the third ruffle deadline its 22nd September at 18.00h, GTM-Madrid.
For the fourth ruffle deadline its 22nd November at 18.00h, GTM-Madrid.

The recipes that come out of time will enter the next ruffle.

The constestants, except the winners, may participate in the following ones.


4.RAFFLES AND AWARDS:

1º ruffle: 23rd March of 2010.

Awards: a weekend for two people in the Hotel Pazo do Castro (Barco de Valdeorras).

2º ruffle: 23rd June of 2010.

Awards: dinner for six people in the Casa Galaica restaurant (Barco de Valdeorras).

3º ruffle: 23rd September of 2010.

Awards: a weekend for two people in the Hotel Palladium (Barco de Valdeorras).

4º ruffle: 23rd November of 2010.

Awards: dinner for six people in the Fernando III restaurant (Barco de Valdeorras).

The results of the winners will be published on the blog A universe in each bottle the following days of the ruffle.

The date to enjoy the award it will be settle down throughout the year 2010 by the sponsors.



5.HOW TO SEND THE RECIPES:

- E-mail: info@dovaldeorras.tv / lamadredelvino@dovaldeorras.tv

- By mail: Limaia Produccións S.L. Avda Madrid nº69 C.P. 32692
Sandiás- Ourense -Spain

The recipes that complies with the rules, will be given a number in order of arrival.

The contestants will receive a confirmation mail.

The organization of the contest will published in the blog A universe in each bottle the recipes that considered relevant. The organization will keep the right to edit.

BODEGA GERMÁN RODRÍGUEZ SALGADO

The owner of the winery Germain Rodriguez Salgado considers wine as a challenge, is the staging for an actor, is the project for an engineer, is the examination for a student and is the best food for a cook.

BODEGAS GERMÁN RODRÍGUEZ PRADA

The philosophy of the winery owner of the Bodega German Rodríguez Prada is making all processes of winemaking from the vineyard to the market.

BODEGA ELADIO SANTALLA PARADELO

The philosophy of the Bodega Eladio Santalla Paradelo, located in O Barco de Valdeorras is to produce wines of high quality and very low production.

BODEGA COOPERATIVA VIRXE DAS VIÑAS

The Bodega Cooperativa Virgen de las Viñas was founded in 1964 by wine growers in the region of Valdeorras from four municipalities, Petín, Villamartin de Valdeorras, O Bolo and A Rúa de Valdeorras.

Nowadays the winery has 850 members and has 350 hectares of vineyards account for about 45% of production in the region, guaranteeing the quality of its raw material.

His vineyards sit in slate flooring, limestone, granite and alluvial earthy that extend down the slopes and riverbanks Xares and Sil. This diversity of soil attached to a special microcline ranging from temperate Mediterranean to cool Mediterranean gives a unique character to their wines, very different from other wines, and have received numerous awards and recognitions nationally and internationally.