The Winery

A long-standing tradition of good wine, together with the concerted effort, geniality and savoir-faire of our people resulted in the creation of the largest Cariñena D.O winery, and indeed, the largest winery in the Autonomous Community of Aragón. Grandes Vinos y Viñedos was founded as a company on 1st September 1997 to channel the sales of five Cariñena D.O. co-operatives.

These co-operatives are: Cooperativa San José, in Aguarón, founded in 1955, Cooperativa San Bernabé, in Cosuenda (1955), Cooperativa San Roque in Alfamén (1950), SAT in Cariñena (1967), with the incorporation, at a later date, of Cooperativa Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Villanueva de Huerva (1950).

In addition to the co-operatives, the other shareholders are the Government of Aragón through the Instituto Aragonés de Fomento and the three financial entities of greatest solvency in Aragón: Caja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada, Ibercaja and Multicaja.

Grandes Vinos y Viñedos is a happy reality. The overriding importance it places on quality focuses on combining traditional winemaking with modern methods of research, new work systems and a better control of all of the processes, starting from the vine.

The new winery installations have involved large investments in infrastructures, which facilitate our work. Approximately 10 million euros have been invested in 60,000 m2 of facilities, inaugurated on 26th June 2002 by the President of the Autonomous Community of Aragón, Mr. Marcelino Iglesias Ricou.

Our winery is fully equipped with the necessary technology and human resources to be able to respond to a competitive market that demands quality. We have more than 700 partners in the six towns in which the 5,000 hectares of vineyards are located: Aguarón, Alfamén, Cariñena, Cosuenda, Mezalocha and Villanueva de Huerva. All of the wine produced is from our own vineyards and is commercialised by Grandes Vinos y Viñedos.

Our efforts have been rewarded and, over the years we have received awards in numerous national and international competitions, which has been another stimulus to offer you the maximum quality and the very best of our work. Have a look at our awards page.

 
Commercialisation

National Commercialisation: In addition to the traditional markets of Aragón, Andalusia, the Levante region or Catalonia, there has been an important increase in sales in the Autonomous Communities of Cantabria, Asturias, the Basque Country, Galicia , the Balearic Islands and Madrid, representing 60% of our total sales figures for Spain.

International Commercialisation: Grandes Vinos y Viñedos is present in 3 continents: Europe (UK, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Russia and Poland) which represents 60% of the company's total turnover; America (Canada, USA, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador) representing 25%; and Asia (Japan and Singapore) with a percentage of 15%.