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DEMUERTE WORDS JAMES SINCLAIR PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF WINERY ON CREATIONS
WINES
From Yecla in Murcia a young couple are making waves in the world of wine with their outstanding range of Demuerte productions. The wines are intense and provocative, living up to the intrigue created by the unusual name and outstanding artwork deployed on the bottles.
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ablo Cortes and Karel Eissner are the dynamic couple responsible for the rise of this iconic name. Pablo is an agricultural engineer with over 15 years experience operating as a winemaker at a number of Spanish bodegas. He is the driving force behind the enology of Demuerte, overseeing the entire process from planting vines to bottling wines. Karel, meanwhile, is a specialist in architecture, design and photography, with international experience gained in Germany, Colombia and Spain. She is the creative director who has pioneered the bold and colourful design of the labels, with artwork based on a Mexican death mask. Starting with a modest 3,000 bottles in 2015, they are now producing 150,000 bottles annually and are present in 22 countries.
186 / MAY 2021 ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE
