GRANDES PAGOS – A TERROIR MISSION Founded in 2000, Grandes Pagos de España is a non-profit association of 32 prestigious wineries dedicated to single-estate production across Spain. Membership in Grandes Pagos is based on rigorous selection criteria for viticulture and winemaking excellence on the level of a pago, a delineated vineyard parcel that is the ultimate terroir designation in Spain. Grandes Pagos de España aims to defend the unique, terroir-driven personality of single-estate wines, to uphold and promote the ethos of Spanish winemaking, and to make wines of excellence in harmony with the soil, nature and climate of each vineyard. Just launched, The Terroir Workshop by Grandes Pagos de España (currently available in the U.S. and Mexico) explores Spanish terroir in the context of history, science, geography, language and people.
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To make and promote pago wines of the highest quality, made with distinct personality and respect for their terroir of origin To defend the culture and quality of pago wines throughout the world To preserve and develop the best traditions of Spanish vineyards and winemaking To advance the scientific and technical development of winemaking and cultivation techniques To promote constant interchange between members to advance viticulture and winemaking
HISTORY- INSERT TIMELINE Grandes Pagos de Castilla is founded by five estates
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2003
Collaboration with Spanish government to add single estate wines (Vino de Pago) to national wine law
Grandes Pagos de España is renamed and expands beyond Castilla with 12 member estates
2004
TODAY Grandes Pagos has grown to 32 wineries
