In Peñafiel. Protos Winery
Posted by igsegma | Winerie visit, Wineries | Posted on January 7th, 2010
It comes from: In Peñafiel. Dining in Restaurante El Molino de Palacios
I got up early on the following day just to go to Protos winery.
They received us in a small room. We were quite a big group, about 30 people. They projected a video in which we could see Protos History and how it has evolved over time. The guide was an attractive and professional woman.
The beginning of the visit comes walking through what it was the ancient cellar. It’s in perfect condition to be used at this moment though it is hard to believe that these installations are still used because handling costs involved.
We visited the area of filling and fermenters. To move to the new area of barrels, there is a passage in which, by an original solution they have divided the wide corridor into a zone for pedestrians and a zone for Fenwick trucks. I wonder how will traffic density when the winery is in full activity?
And we went to the new zone. There you mainly see modernity, technology, professionalism, a lot of space, process, temperature and product quality control. The change is amazing. With the contrast I ask myself again how small and traditional wineries can compete in quality, Marketing and quality of product with huge wineries like Protos. Because the process, the means and elaboration costs are completely different.
As a final surprise on the visit there is a magnificent view of the new facilities, a shop setting with exquisite taste and a superb lineup with Protos shown to be the best Red wine “crianza” in the world in 2006. I think that is the best message Protos could send to us as a summary of our visit. Because the objective of letting people come to a winery is concreted on these concrete words: “The best of the world”
Protos managers have very clear an bright ideas.
It continues: In Peñafiel. Museo del Vino
