José Antonio Garcia

Jose Antonio García and his wife Julia Peña García are at the forefront of the next generation of vignerons in Bierzo leading the charge towards wines of place and definition. Their familial roots in Bierzo are fundamental to them, as they do all of the work in the vineyards themselves, which is signified by the term viticultor on their bottles. Together, Jose and Julia’s families have owned vineyards in Bierzo for generations. All of their wines are hand-harvested, foot-crushed, and vinified very carefully with native fermentation and without manipulation.

Like many families who left the countryside for better opportunities in the cities, Jose spent his formative years in Barcelona, where he worked in restaurants and gained valuable perspective and experience with fine wine. Jose gained important experience in Bierzo apprenticing under a well-known winemaker in the region, returning for good in 2009 to recuperate his family’s vineyard holdings in the tiny village of Valtuille de Abajo.