Jancis Robinson, wine critic of the Financial Times and consultant of the wineries owned by the Queen Elizabeth II of England, shows herself delighted with the Godello variety of the DO Valdeorras appellation.

The weekly chronicle of the DO Valdeorras appellation is marked by the article published by the leading newspaper of England, the Financial Times, in which the Godello Valedorras is greatly praised. In addition, this unique publication is complemented by the presence of the Regulatory Council of Valdeorras at the 2013 "Xantar" Fair, that will be held proximately in Ourense.

The well-known wine critic all over the world, Jancis Robinson, has published a piece about her passion for the Godello of the DO Valdeorras appellation, elevating this variety within the international wine industry.

In addition, the renowned author of the article and wine critic has included two white wines of the DO Valdeorras appellation - As Sortes 2011 and Sorte O Soro 2011 of the Rafael Palacios Winery- in her own list of best white wines all over the world, giving them a score of 18.5 points respectively.

The weekly collaborator of the British newspaper Financial Times has praised the wines and, in her own words and referring to As Sortes 2011, remarks that "the wine belongs to the most wonderful vintage of a great selection with great body and balance, despite its youth".  Regarding  Sorte O Soro 2011, the critic emphasizes "its strength and depth of shades".

And this confirms Robinson's great passion for this variety; as a matter of fact, last year another Godello of the DO Valdeorras appellation -Valdesil- also joined the list of the 25 best white wines in the world of the Financial Times.

Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW (born on 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com. She also provides advice for Queen Elizabeth II's wine cellar.

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For its part, the Regulatory Council of Valdeorras begins its promotional tour at the Galician Gastronomy and Tourism Hall, which will be held from 6 to 10 of March in Expourense.

To start with the promotional events that will lead the Regulatory Council of the DO Valdeorras appellation and several of its wineries to visit different countries and international Fairs, Ourense will be the first place where the public will enjoy the quality and international prestige of the wines of Valdeorras.

With its own stand in the "2013 Xantar" fair of Ourense, the Regulatory Council will take part in several events along with other regional products, showing all the essence of the galician land.

Thus, on Thursday 7 at 1pm and with the support of the Ministry for Rural Affairs, a tasting of the wines of the DO Valdeorras appellation will take place next to ANFACO and Cea bread.

On Saturday 9 at 7pm there will be a presentation of the DO Valdeorras wines only aimed at the first 20 attendees who book their presence by application to the organization, calling to the phone 0034 988 366 030.

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The wine "Godello A Coroa" wins for the second year running the Swedish Monopoly Network.

The godello wine of the "A Coroa Winery", attached to the DO Valdeorras appellation, reaffirms its position in the Swedish market when winning for the second year running the Swedish Monopoly Network.

The fact of achieving the highest recognition from this market for two consecutive years is described as "exceptional" by System Bolaget - Swedish state organization that governs the monopoly -, since rarely a winery gets the highest score twice.

The Winery of the DO Valdeorras appellation, which sells 50% of its production in some of the most important international wine markets - USA, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland , Germany, Sweden - qualifies this fact as a great opportunity to continue reaffirming its position in Sweden and the Nordic market.

The offer of System Bolaget, aimed to the Galician wines and which got the answer of 33 wineries, ended with a scoring of 23 out of 27 votes for A Coroa, putting the winery in a comfortable position with a wide margin of difference regarding its competitors.

The state company System Bolaget, or monopoly, is unparalleled in any other place in the world. It has more than 2,300 registered trademark products from 40 different countries, including beer, wine and spirits. In addition, its suppliers have in stock about 8,500 products available upon request at any store in the country and it launches about 2,000 new products annually.

Currently System Bolaget has 418 stores and over 500 agents that cover smaller communities. Employees are qualified people and good experts in food and drink, who offer the best service to customers. They all perform a thorough preparation and all products, regardless of their origin, are entitled to the same treatment.

System Bolaget is defined as a company dedicated to the sale of alcoholic beverages responsibly, while seeking to provide a first-class service. This is achieved by a controlled access through a limited amount of stores, of opening hours and of sales regulations.

The winery A Coroa is delighted of being once more part of the cast of products that form the Swedish monopoly, since it means its wine has passed through strict quality controls and also a professional tasting, in which the best wines are chosen among all those that arrive at the headquarters of the Swedish company.

According to the Commercial Director and Exports Manager of the winery, Marta Sertaje: "for a familiar winery as it is A Coroa, the fact of being in this market once more is a unique opportunity to reaffirm our presence abroad. Last year about 50% of our production was exported and over the 10 years that our wines have been in the market we have broken records in sales".

Bodega A Coroa, though being a familiar winery, counts on a modern winemaking equipment. A rational viticulture that uses well the personality of its variety Godello and always looks for quality is the philosophy that guides the work in A Coroa, where they are convinced that wine is mainly achieved in the vineyard.

Its elaboration is focused on a careful and rational treatment of the grape, which makes use of the best technology and respects the diversity of the land, being the first winery attached to the DO Valdeorras appellation that makes a controlled production in its vineyards.

The international prestige of the A Coroa wines comes endorsed by numerous awards. Among them, the following are the most important of 2012:

Best Wine - The New York Times Selection - Blind tasting

Gold Medal - World Selection of Wines of Canada

Gold Medal - International Wine Competition of Lyon

Silver Medal - Best Spanish Wines for USA

"Gran Mezquita de Oro" - Mezquita Awards 2012

Grand Gold - Galician Wines Guide

Gallaecia Distinction 2012

Silver Bacchus 2012 - Awarded by the Spanish Tasters Union

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The wines of the DO Valdeorras appellation reinforce their presence in the Brazilian market.

A batch of 24,000 bottles will travel from the cooperative-winery 'Jesus Nazareno’ bound for the Brazilian market, along with high expectations of expansion in one of the emerging and most interesting markets for the wine industry.

A batch of 24,000 bottles of 'Menciño' is the way through which the wines of the DO Valdeorras appellation will be launched onto the Brazilian market. This was announced last week by the president of the cooperative-winery 'Jesus Nazareno', Manuel Fernandez, who explained that the Export Department of the company is, at this time, finalizing the details of the business deal.

As said by its president, the cooperative of O Barco and the vast majority of the wineries of the DO Valdeorras appellation bet on foreign markets a long time ago, being this the reason of their presence in countries like USA, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. He also added that finding new clients is not limited to foreign markets and that the cooperative-winery 'Jesus Nazareno' has been working for year with major national food chains, with very encouraging results.

The great time of the wine cooperative is endorsed by sales data; "This month we have sold 20,000 Euros more than last year" said Manuel. In this sense, the high prestige that the wines of the DO Valdeorras appellation have achieved abroad in recent years is confirmed, mainly based on the good balance of between quality and price.

To the high quality of the wines is added the increase in sales, which has been possible due to the high production of the winery. According to the data provided by its chairman, about 1,8 million kilos of grapes came in its facilities, not being the available deposits enough big to store that must and having to keep a consignment of 70,000 liter into several complementary tanks.

The great expansion of the winery over recent years has led the amortization of the new facilities, causing that the board of directors is looking into the possibility of distributing the capital and allow the entrance of new partners.

The consumer's acceptance of the wines of the DO Valdeorras appellation, along with the current socio-economic situation, have led the recovery of vineyards which for years haven't been worked, being these replanted with native varieties of Valdeorras.

This consolidates an expansion plan which bases its evolution and development on the production of top quality wines at competitive prices.

Manuel Fernández became the president of  "Jesús Nazareno" in 1986 and will remain in his charge four years more, after the associates ratified his position as head of the cooperative two weeks ago.

The short term plans of "Jesus Nazareno" contemplate the recovery of the old facilities of the cooperative, those from which the first wine of the company came out in 1963. Despite of this, this is a possibility that the governing board is still looking into and besides, the difficulties in finding funding are hindering its execution. However, the implementation of the project in several phases would allow to a more likely investment.

In this way, slow but surely,- like the process of elaboration of the good wine-, the wineries of the DO Valdeorras appellation continue to expand their prestige and recognition both nationally and internationally.

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The DO Valdeorras appellation wines begin the new year with awards and presentations

The DO Valdeorras wines begin 2013 in the same vein as 2012: getting the highest prizes in international competitions and introducing new wines that will surely give lots of good things to talk about.

This week the weekly news of the Mother of the wine focuses on two awards presented to Adega O Cepado that, with a Gold and a Silver medals, achieves a crushing at the Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition 2013, that it is also completed with the presentation of the new Godello wine on lees of da Pinguela winery, "Vento".

Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition 2013, held last January 10, 2013, made public the results of the wines and spirits tasting of the world in its 2013 edition. For this contest, the O Cepado Winery submitted two samples: O Cepado Godello 2011 and O Cepado Mencia 2011, both awarded with medals.

CEPADO GODELLO 2011, GOLD MEDAL Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition 2013

CEPADO MENCIA 2011, SILVER MEDAL Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition 2013

The Catavinum World Wine and Spirits Competition (CWWSC) is organized and developed by Catavinum in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain).

During the competition, a total of 1,839 wines and spirits of more than twenty countries were tasted and, among them, the O Cepado wines shone brightly.

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For its part, and as we announced last week from the Mother of the Wine, da Pinguela Winery presented its new wine "Vento".

Da Pinguela Winery, endorsed by the prestige obtained at the Salon of the Best Wines of Spain "Peñín Guide 2013", launches its new range of godello on lees.

Fermented on lees in barrel, the Godello variety grape behaves in a special way, creating complete wines. So this is "Vento", the new wine of Adega da Pinguela and submitted by the grower of the winery, Francisco Núñez, with a perfect balance between fruit and wood. "Vento" is a wine with a long life in bottle, deep and that remains longer, as the wind.

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The Regulatory Council and the wineries of the DO Valdeorras appellation present their projects for 2013

The maintenance of the fees for 2013, the new promotional events, the tribute to Horacio Fernández Presa, the presentation of the new wine of Adega A Pinguela and the collaboration of the wineries of DO Valdeorras appellation  with some Galician cultural collectives determine the beginning of year in Valdeorras.

The last plenary session of the Regulatory Council agreed to maintain the same qualifying  prices of previous years for the 2013 vintage, being this the eighth consecutive year without changes in the fares.

According to its the President, José Luis García Pando says: 'we cannot ask the wineries for a greater effort since we are able to support ourselves and, so far, we are fine'.

Therefore, the compromise that emerges from the Wineries and the Regulatory Council with the Valdeorras' wine consumers remains in offering an outstanding and internationally recognized product at the best price.

In turn, the Regulatory Council has confirmed two new international presentations for 2013. Switzerland and Japan are the planned destinations to go on with a policy of international promotion that, so far, has already brought remarkable successes in demanding markets such as the American and the Belgian in 2012.

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Meanwhile, one of the "souls mater" in the recovery of the Valdeorras Godello variety and Chief winemaker of the Winery Godeval, Horacio Fernández Presa, received the last friday a deserved tribute to his career. 

Horacio Fernández Presa

La Casa Grande de Viloira (O Barco de Valdeorras) was the venue chosen for the act, in which José Domingo Posada Enriquez gave a lecture on ´The future of wine. The wine of the future´.

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The interactive presentation of the week comes from Da Pinguela winery, that will stage a new wine with the seal of quality of the DO Valdeorras appellation in the coming days.

Da Pinguela winery, which has achieved a remarkable success in the Venue of the Best Wines from Spain, "Peñin Guide 2013', will give the chance to all its followers on Facebook of knowing its new wine exclusively.

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And to conclude this first article of 2013, we echo the participation of two wineries of the DO Valdeorras appellation at the III Winter Solstice Tasting of the cultural association of music and dance ´Flores Mareliñas´.

  

Adega A Coroa gave up its Godello 2011 and Adega Roandi did the same with its latest creation, the sparkling wine "Brinde", in an act that reinforces the cultural union of music and dance with the spirituous manufactures of the land.

Through this collaboration, the wineries of  DO Valdeorras appellation show their commitment to the cultural heritage of Galicia, in close harmony with some of its ludic demonstrations such as music and dances.

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Merry Christmas!!

The Regulatory Council of D.O. Valdeorras, the winemakers and the entire team of "the mother of the wine"  wish you  Merry Christmas .

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 .

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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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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.

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.

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 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

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While the last fringes are forged, from the Mother Of Wine present the wineries to take part in this meeting.

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    Bodega Valdesil, S.L.

Adega Alan, S.A.T.

 Bodega Ruchel, S.L.

 Viña Somoza, Bodegas y Viñedos, S.L.

    Bodega Roandi,S.L.

 Adega A Coroa, S.A.T.

  Adega O Casal, S.A.T.

  Bodega Virxen de Galir, S.L.

  Bodega Cooperativa Jesús Nazareno

    Adega Quinta da Peza, S.L.

  Bodega Santa Marta, S.A.T.

   Bodega Joaquín Rebolledo, S.A.

Bodega Ladera Sagrada 

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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.

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