26 Dec 2014

Cooperativa de A Rúa: 1964-2014, 50 years of experience

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In 1964 began to operate the Cooperative Virxe das Viñas A Rúa chaired by Francisco fucks Respino as winemaker Manuel Sánchez Quiroga began . 50 years after the cooperative continues to operate with more than 600 partners and developing their wines always besides introducing new brands on the market. To celebrate half a century of life organized a ceremony at the Cultural Center Avenue A Rúa in which they recalled their years and ended with a punctured for members. Besides this celebration served to present a wine without sulfites plurivarietal and sparkling wines godello .

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The party had a special celebration bringing together winemakers that marked the life of the cooperative in the presentation of new wines moment . It was attended by Manuel Sánchez was the first winemaker , Luis Buitrón who was working when they turned 25 years and the current winemaker July Ricarte that takes much gives his professional life dedicated to wine cooperative and was the architect of the new brands . Manuel Sánchez took care to remember the beginnings telling you just finished his studies , he began to work and soon had to take over the entire warehouse ” with very little experience” and dedicated to both got sick because in full harvest , made journeys from the ” 7 am until 3 in the morning.”

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BACK TO ORIGIN

In presenting the plurivarietal without sulfites winemaker July Ricarte explained it was back to the origins of wine and create one with freshness and youth from the godello varieties , dona branca and sherry . In the case of sparkling wine godello also recalled the idea of returning to tradition and so he described as ” a sparkling nude because hardly bears label ” only its name recalls the creation date of the cooperative winery. This sparkling receive it as a gift from members of Epiphany and the remaining bottles, 200 , will go on sale .