El Paraguas opens new winery in Avia Valley

Bodegas El Paraguas will process the wines from the 2015 harvest in the new processor property to which the firm have moved in Cenlle, close to the place where they grow their vineyards.

On July 3, Bodegas El Paraguas moved to a new warehouse in the same Avia Valley of the Ribeiro where they were already working, in the municipality of Cenlle. A unique opportunity that could not pass due to several reasons, but the fundamental of all was the lack of space in the hold of one of the partners, Felicísimo Pereira, where they used to elaborate the wines.

The second reason was also important. The winery where they will prepare their ribeiros from the 2015 harvest has a vineyard of 3 hectares surrounding the developer property in the style of the Bordeaux châteaux. If to this we add the two hectares of other clay-granite different ground different that the one that have been working for El Paraguas Atlántico and Fai un Sol de Carallo, located in San Andres (attached to Cenlle), the winery completes a vineyards puzzle of over six hectares in the D.O. Ribeiro.

In all cases, the jewel of the house will still be the Viña La Cabrita, 1.25 hectares, cultivated in the municipality of Ribadavia, where the Avia River dies in the arms of the Miño River. A exemplary vineyard located in earthworks, planted with native breeds and owned by the family of Felicísimo Pereira for several generations. A vineyard replanted after phylloxera plague in 1892, which is one of the oldest vineyards in Spain.