Bodegas Emilio Moro, a family winery with more than 100 years of history, celebrated its arrival in the region of El Bierzo with an emotional inauguration event that brought together distinguished guests, friends of the winery. The celebration, which took place last Thursday, 23 May, was the result of years of tireless dedication that, thanks to the passion that the Bodegas Emilio Moro family feels for wine, they continue to maintain and cultivate with a single objective: to fulfil Emilio Moro’s dream; to share his legacy with the world.
“For Bodegas Emilio Moro, the El Bierzo project is a dream come true”. With these words Javier Moro, president of Bodegas Emilio Moro and member of the third generation of the family, welcomed the guests. These words define the meaning of their commitment to El Bierzo, which began with the desire to make white wines, ‘which led us to discover and learn more about the Godello variety, which undoubtedly made us all fall in love with it’.
A celebration surrounded by family and friends
For Bodegas Emilio Moro, the most important thing is to be able to celebrate surrounded by family and friends, and this was the case on this occasion. The family and the winery team were accompanied by more than 120 guests, including Marco Antonio Morala López, mayor of Ponferrada, who highlighted the work of the winery in this designation of origin, which undoubtedly ‘helps to promote El Bierzo as one of the most important wine-growing areas in Spain’. The event was attended by Gerardo Álvarez Courel, President of the Diputación de León and Eduardo Diego Pinedo, Territorial Delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in León.
The main national, regional and wine media, as well as the distribution team, also enjoyed the evening. The journalist Javier Pérez Andrés, with a notable career in the media, accompanied the Moro family. “In their challenge to continue the dream that Emilio Moro once started, this family has decided to step out of their comfort zone and explore new territories. Today we are here, in El Bierzo, and Bodegas Emilio Moro has arrived to celebrate great successes.” So began the presentation of the event that took place in the new facilities of the winery and in which the undisputed star of the night was the Godello grape. A variety that faithfully reflects the unique character of the El Bierzo terroir, the freshness and the unmistakable flavour that distinguish these wines. It was Patricia Sánchez Moro, general manager of the family winery, who highlighted all the virtues of the Godello grape, being for the family ‘a very special variety that made us understand that, if we made white wines, it had to be with Godello. And that’s what we have done.’
During the inauguration, guests were able to explore the facilities of the new winery, while they got to know and share Polvorete, El Zarzal and La Revelía. The three Godellos that Bodegas Emilio Moro produces in its new winery, through a tasting led by its technical director, Álvaro Maestro. The wines were paired with the cuisine of the El Bierzo region by Miguel Martínez with his restaurant La Tronera, located in Villadepalos, which currently holds a Sol Repsol.
The project of Bodegas Emilio Moro in the Bierzo D.O.
“Wine is an art that, if you know how to listen to it, speaks to us, tells us when it needs to be racked, when it needs to rest. It’s like a living being that needs to be understood, cared for and pampered”. With these words, Emilio Moro tried to instil in his children and grandchildren that, in order to fall in love with a wine, you first have to listen to it and a good example of this is the celebration of his project in El Bierzo. An important event, not only for them, but also for the national wine sector. A commitment to quality, tradition and fine craftsmanship. In this way, Bodegas Emilio Moro reaffirms its ongoing commitment to quality and innovation.
The new facilities of Bodegas Emilio Moro complete the investment in the purchase and production of plots of land totalling more than 60 hectares, which makes it responsible for a positive change in the environment through a contribution to employment, economic development and the restoration of the natural and scenic landscape, promoting El Bierzo as one of the leading areas for the production of white wines of the Godello grape variety.
The winery is divided into a grape receiving area, the winemaking room with stainless steel tanks and the barrel and foudre room, as well as a large area for offices and for receiving visitors and holding tastings. Indeed, the wine tourism area is one of their major attractions, which is why they offer two experiences to let those who come to the winery get to know the area in a unique setting.
