Bodegas Enguera

Enguera, Valencia, Spain

The story of Bodegas Enguera is the story of a dreamer. Of someone who changed his star, who left a great legacy and who always kept the essence of his roots, is the story of D. Pedro Pérez Pardo.

Pedro was born on June 15, 1921, in Cortes de Pallás (Valencia). From a humble peasant family, he always had a special link with agriculture and the rural world. Unfortunately, he suffered the consequences of the difficult post-war period Spain would go through in the following years. Undoubtedly an event that would mark his life for eternity. He didn't pursue a university career, but he always had great concerns and cultivated the most valuable of qualities: the ability to deal with people. D. Pedro carried out a multitude of businesses, with the distribution of butane being one of his greatest successes. In 1960 he managed the distribution of butane throughout the Mediterranean region. Despite this and other business successes, his greatest dream had always been to create a winery that made great wines from his own vineyards.

In 1974 he bought the farms of Antolí and El Chalet del Río in Enguera, where he began cultivating numerous vegetable gardens, citrus, olive, fruit and vineyard crops. And he also acquired the farms of Casa Lluch and Casa Corones, in Fontanars dels Alforins, with 65 hectares of vineyards and began to produce wine in the old cellar of Casa Corones in bulk and bottled.

In 1999 he fulfilled his dream and built a winery in Enguera. Familiar, intended to produce high-quality bottled stock that represented the soil and climate characteristics of Fontanars dels Alforins accordingly.

In 2002, the production system was changed and focused on quality. As a result, new vineyards were planted, and the farm's activity was focused on cultivating vines and olive groves. At the same time, Casa Toñuna was acquired, a farm of 20 hectares and great potential in the Sierra de Enguera.

Also, in 2002 he started to manage the company D. Juan Iglesias Jiménez, D. Pedro's son-in-law and together with his wife, Dña. María Cruz Pérez Herrero started this second generation of the winery who manage with enthusiasm and passion to position Bodegas Enguera among the great Valencian wineries.

Hand in hand with Mr. Juan, Diego Fernández Pons, our winemaker and José Vicente Gómez Carbajal, Agricultural engineer and technical director of the winery, are in charge of proposing the new model of viticulture and oenology that, maintaining the tradition, made the success of the company possible. One of the hallmarks of this model is organic farming. Already then, they knew that only by taking care of nature would they be able to obtain great wines without carrying out great interventions along the way.

In November 2011, all plots were certified in organic farming while work continued to make viticulture even more sustainable and environmentally respectful. That year D. Pedro Pérez Pardo died at the age of 84, having seen his great dream come true. D. Pedro was also able to see how his grandchildren, Juan Ramón Iglesias Pérez, Pedro Iglesias Pérez and Silver Segarra Pérez, already formed the third generation of the winery.

Once the conversion of the vineyard was consolidated in 2013, Juan Ramón Iglesias Pérez became the manager of Bodegas Enguera and actively participated in the design and marketing of the winery’s wines are gaining in quality and international recognition. For his part, Pedro Iglesias dedicates all his efforts to energize wine tourism and share his passion for wine with consumers and customers at national and international fairs.

Enguera Planet: Pedro and Juan Ramón share a conviction that the company must contribute to improving and caring for the Environment. Thus, in 2014, they created Enguera Planet, a research center aimed at mitigating the effect of climate change through the establishment of organic farming techniques that enhance biological pest control, the reduction of the carbon footprint or the reduction of water consumption, among other aspects. They entrust this task to Juan Martínez Barberá, a young winemaker passionate about organic viticulture, which establishes relationships with universities and other research centers to launch the organic farming projects they are currently developing. And the dream continues. At Bodegas Enguera, they continue to dream of great wines, making the consumer happy and making the planet more sustainable.