Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024 Winners
Bodegas Valduero
Category: Winery
Country: Spain
Date:18/06/2020
Valduero is a family owned winery and one of the pioneers and most prestigious at the mythical Ribera del Duero area in Spain. The winery was founded in 1984 by the sisters García-Viadero and is today the second largest land owner in Ribera del Duero, with 180 Ha of truly exceptional vineyard, highly valued and with large quantity of old vine. We have exclusively vine planted in bush, ecological (no irrigation, no use of chemicals nor sulphates) and handled 100% manually, only with natural artisan viticulture practices. *Valduero has always been, focused on producing PREMIUM RESERVAS, each one is EXCEPTIONALLY AGED REMAINING IN high quality barrels FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS. *Evidence of that is all our wines has been rated between 92 and 98 points by WS, Decanter, WA, Vinum, W&S and Wine Enthusiast. *We were the first winery to elaborate white wines with autochthonous ALBILLO grape in Ribera del Duero region, and we are the only Winery in the region that produces a natural ALBILLO white wine, all from our own vineyards. *Since our beginnings, we have been focused on export and more than 100 distributors sell our wines in 45 countries nowadays. *Part of our success is that we always work with a MARKETING BUDGET IN long-term relationship with our distributors, working closely with them to build the brand. We have also developed a special and intense relationship with many Michelin Starred restaurants. *In addition to the traditional sales-channels, we can also offer our distributors the option of SELLING THROUGH A NEW CHANNEL; our highly prestigious International Private Club “La Tenada by Valduero”, to restaurants, companies and end consumers. *Among the members of the Club there are personalities as: Dire Strait leader and guitarist, Mark Knopfler, Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, best seller writer Ken Follett and the Spanish chef with the most Michelin Stars in Europe Martin Berasategui; tenor Placido Domingo, among others. *The customers access the club through your company and Valduero will CUSTOMIZE THEIR WINE LABELS; *With exclusive benefits becoming part of VALDUERO winery and allowing them the use of our premises for meetings, celebrations, conferences and events, in our beautiful subterranean galleries from the 18th century, having the winery at their disposal. *BUYING A WHOLE BARREL (300 bottles) THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR SPECIAL COUPAGE with THEIR PERSONAL LABEL.