Bodegas Salvador Poveda
Name Winery: Bodegas Salvador Poveda
Address: CV-830 Ctra. Monóvar Salinas Km, 3, 03640 Monóvar
Telephone: 966 960 180
This bodega was founded by Salvador Poveda Corbí in 1919 in Monóver, Alicante. Among the many achievements of this winery, one of the most significant is the role of the founder’s son, Salvador Poveda Luz, in rescuing from virtual oblivion the wine that was synonymous with Alicante from the 16th to the 19th centuries, when it was one of the most celebrated, and expensive, wines in the world, Fondillón.
The current generation, with Rafael and Salvador Poveda Bernabé at the helm, have of course continued to produce magnificent Fondillons, but have also continued to modernize and develop. The winery has moved to a brand new building, all light and spaciousness with expansive views across the magnificent countryside around.
Visitors are welcome from Monday to Saturday. The luckiest visitors may be able to enter the mystical “Sacristía”, where the most ancient casks of Fondillón lie in splendour, bearing the signatures of the most privileged visitors.
But the bodega and its wines are thoroughly modern, also. A broad range of reds (Monastrells, Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, Syrahs and Tempranillos), whites (Macabeo, Moscatel and even a rare Spanish Riesling) and rosado (Monastrell) wines are produced.
These are exported in significant quantities around the world to Denmark, Holland, Germany, Sweden, France, Belgium, the UK, Russia, Brazil and the USA. Let’s enjoy them in Valencia, too.
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