SOMMELIER CAMPUS 2024

On 16 and 17 June 2024, the Sommelier Campus will take place for the fourth time in a row as a supporting programme to the General Assembly of the German Sommelier Association. This year, the focus will once again be on further training. Wines from Spain in cooperation with Castilla y León is offering on Monday one of a total of six selected masterclasses.

Castilla y León is the largest autonomous region in Spain and its landscape is characterized by snow-covered sierras, vast plateaus, and the legendary Duero River. These extreme contrasts have given rise to a winegrowing culture that is unrivalled. The high-altitude cultivation alone is unparalleled on the European continent, and the abundance of extraordinarily high-quality indigenous varieties and historic vineyards makes Castile and León one of the most important wine-growing centers on our continent.

In this high-class tasting, David Schwarzwälder presents unique parcel wines from historic vineyards from a whole range of renowned protected designations of origin (DOP), all of which are in the Castilla y León region. From Bierzo in the far north-west to Arribes del Duero, Rueda, Cebreros, Toro and Ribera del Duero, as well as selected wines from VdT Castilla y León, we are presenting 10 individual growths, extremely rare wines from autochthonous varieties and altitudes that were planted more than a century ago, some of them ungrafted, and have been cultivated and preserved or revitalized with care and love.

These are the wines of the tasting:

1. De los Abuelos Barreiros Godello 1890 | DOP Bierzo | Pago de los Abuelos
2. Mataperezosa 2021 Eco | VdT Castilla y León | Fuentes del Silencio, SL
3. Pagos de Villavendimia Finca El Alto 2015 | DOP Rueda  | Bodegas Vidal Soblechero, SL, 
4. Vereda de las Tórdigas | DOP Cebreros | Riconuevo Viticultores, S.L.
5. Lar de Maía Garnacha | VdT Castilla y León | La Lonja Pinciana, S.L. Bodega Lar de Maia 
6. Anibal de Otero Los Fornos 2016 | DOP Bierzo | Bodega y Viñedos Hija de Anibal, S.L.
7. Camino de los Arrieros | VdT Castilla y León | Bodegas Alvar de Dios
8. Cartago 2019 | DOP Toro | San Román Bodegas y Viñedos, SA
9. Francisco Barona 2022 | DOP Ribera del Duero | Bodegas Francisco Barona, S.L.
10. Viña Sastre Pago Santa Cruz Gran Reserva 2018 | DOP Ribera del Duero | Bodegas Hermanos Sastre, S.L.

More Information: https://www.sommelier-union.de/sommelier-campus/