100 STRAWTS - WHITE ALVARIN (2024) -75cl

The history of the winery dates back to 1982, when **Luis**, affectionately known as *el abuelo*, acquired a cave-cellar in Corbillos during a visit to his wife Irene's relatives. At that time, the idea was no different from that of many neighbors in the area: to have a place to gather with family and friends to enjoy traditional snacks. However, upon observing how the locals made their own wines to share at these gatherings, Luis became curious. And, as he himself said, "I was not going to be less". In 1993 he decided to go a step further and planted almost a hectare of vineyard at the foot of his winery. The circumstances were not easy: his grandparents lived in the mountains and his son **César**, the current winemaker, lived in León. The result was that the harvests and the wines were very irregular: some years the grapes arrived in poor condition, others the wine was too sweet. With the arrival of the new millennium, father and son realized that passion was not enough. No matter how much advice they received from their neighbors, without technical training they would never achieve the quality they were looking for. Thus, in 2002, the grandfather passed the baton to César, after he completed his viticulture and enology studies in Camponaraya, in El Bierzo. Since then, a new stage began for the winery, with a future based on knowledge and family tradition.