HARVEST 2022, BY OLGA VERDE
17 de October de 2022
“This vintage (Bierzo) was marked by intense heat waves and severe drought in the summer months. The abnormally dry season (only 10 inches of rainfall so far this year) has forced us to rethink viticulture in our race towards a more sustainable cultivation model, not pruning leaves, changing how plant...
91 Wine Enthusiast Points for a Bierzo Rosé
23 de September de 2022
The prestigious American publication Wine Enthusiast gave Godelia Rosé 91 points in its latest tasting edition. This single varietal Mencía by Godelia under the protection of the Bierzo DO won over the Wine Enthusiast’s tasting panel, who described it as follows: ‘Aromas of grapefruit, peach and coffee bean set the...
Godelia Wines Thrill James Suckling
7 de July de 2022
With the summer come all the scores for white and rosé wines by the renowned wine critic James Suckling. After tasting new vintages of Godelia’s wines, the American has rated four of the winery’s wines over 90. Selección Godello 2018 At the top of Suckling’s scores for Godelia wines is...
What’s Up with the Vegan Wines?
30 de June de 2022
Our most frequently asked question might be, but wait, aren’t all wines vegan? If wine comes from grapes… But no, the vast majority of wines use materials that come from animals when being made. Someone who’s a vegan excludes all products derived from animals from their diet, like eggs, milk,...
A Wine for Every Kind of Mother
28 de April de 2022
In Spain we celebrate Mother’s Day on the first Sunday in May although we all know that they really deserve to have 365 days of the year dedicated to them (366 if it happens to be a leap year, of course). Appealing to the oft yet well used Spanish saying...
New Awards for Bodegas Godelia’s Mencía and Godello Wines
29 de March de 2022
This 2022 continues to rake in new awards for Godelia wines. The most recent are for Selección Mencía and Selección Godello. The wine Godelia Selección Mencía has been recognised in the Best of Spain Top100@ProWein. Wines from the more than 200 wineries take part in this competition in the...
Acacia wood for our Godello from El Bierzo
17 de February de 2022
Oak has been, and still is, the wood of choice for wine barrels in all wine producing countries. But consumer tastes change, the trends around it change, and we (always respecting our philosophy when it comes to production) change, keeping our eye on the future. We listen to consumers...
The Importance of Bees in the Vineyard (and the world)
26 de January de 2022
At Godelia we work with the resources that our region, El Bierzo, provides us with. We are always respectful of the environment and have learned that balance is born of knowing how to observe and listen to nature, respecting our area’s biodiversity. Our vineyards are located near biodiversity preserves....
The perfect glass for each type of wine
7 de December de 2021
The wildness is on its way. You know, shopping (hopefully for wine), lunches, dinners, trips, fashion choices, what to cook, what to drink, and what glass to use. Yes, what glass to use, because each wine has its ideal glass. Of course this isn’t a commandment we have to...
Godello in El Bierzo
6 de October de 2021
Every winemaker’s main premise must or should be humility. Respecting the origin, the history, and waiting for nature. This is what we have learned, mainly with varieties such as Godello. Coincidentally, a varietal that represents only 4% of the grapes grown in our region, El Bierzo. With Godello we...
Viernes, recognized with 93 Suckling points
22 de September de 2021
James Suckling, who was recently considered by Forbes magazine as one of the most influential wine critics in the world, states that our Viernes wine is a beautiful Bierzo with notes of blackberries, blueberries, earth, violets and graphite. It is medium-bodied with calcareous tannins and bright acidity. This statement...