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La nueva bebida de bodega de la cooperativa vallisoletana destaca por su marcado carácter vinoso, con aromas a frutas negras que remiten a la Tempranillo, base de su receta.

La Seca (Valladolid), 3 de febrero de 2020. Bodega Cuatro Rayas ha escogido el escenario de la Barcelona Wine Week -el salón profesional para productores del sector del vino que se ha inaugurado esta misma mañana en la capital catalana- para presentar el último lanzamiento de la bodega: ‘61’ Vermouth Tempranillo.

Este nuevo vermouth de bodega con carácter 100% Tempranillo está elaborado a partir de uvas tintas seleccionadas de entre los mejores majuelos de pueblos sinónimos del vino -La Seca, Medina del Campo, Pozal de Gallinas, Serrada y Villanueva de Duero- y hereda su nombre del primigenio depósito 61 de Bodega Cuatro Rayas. La selección de los botánicos empleados para componer la receta final de este vermouth – que cuenta con una crianza de 3 meses en barricas de roble francés y americano y maceración en sus propios hollejos– ha sido llevada a cabo por el enólogo Roberto L. Tello, responsable de la elaboración del último lanzamiento de la bodega.

De color rojo picota y aroma vinoso
La principal característica de ‘61’ Vermouth Tempranillo es su aroma franco y marcadamente vinoso, donde se aprecian frutas negras, pinceladas balsámicas y especiadas. El carácter de la variedad Tempranillo utilizada en su elaboración se aprecia con facilidad también en su color, que presenta un bonito rojo picota propio de los vinos elaborados con esta uva. En boca es gustoso y se ha cuidado de forma especial su dulzor, que se equilibra con un largo final amargo.

Con este nuevo lanzamiento, la bodega vallisoletana amplía la gama de elaboraciones especiales ‘61’, junto con otras bebidas como ‘61’ Vermouth Verdejo o ‘61’ Frizzante 5.5. Verdejo. Bodega Cuatro Rayas tiene prevista su venta tanto en el ámbito nacional como en el internacional y próximamente se podrá adquirir este vermouth tanto en hostelería como en grandes superficies y tiendas especializadas.

Los profesionales del sector que asistan entre el 3 y el 5 de febrero a Barcelona Wine Week tendrán la posibilidad de conocer el producto en exclusiva en el stand 735, donde Cuatro Rayas estará presentando las distintas gamas de producto de la bodega.

The oldest of the Cuatro Rayas Winery say that the origin of the wines from the cooperative winery is due to a doctor’s prescription. This story has a lot to do with the true promoter of the Lasecan winery, –today January 24– 85 vintages.

It was Fermín Bedoya, the local doctor, who brought together a group of winegrowers creating a cooperative that would allow them to get the most out of their work in the vineyards. With that peculiar medical ‘prescription’ – the one that advised joining a collective enterprise – it was impossible for things not to go well. The objective was to make the work of the vineyard profitable and to be able to commercialize everyone’s wine.

This recipe has survived to this day because, in the 21st century, the winery is still located in the same place and many grandchildren of those winemakers who believed and bet heavily on the rural doctor’s recipe are part of it. Today, without losing that philosophy or the human wealth of hundreds of winegrowing partners, the winery has been able to take on innovation, technology and the most cutting-edge marketing formats to market the wines of a wide mass of winegrowers that reach thousands of points of sale throughout the national geography. But few consumers, tasters of Cuatro Rayas wines, know that the secret is that the recipe of a rural doctor is still being followed today: unite to grow and prosper. Without a doubt, a thought without secrets, but with a lot of common sense.

Cuentan los más viejos de la Bodega Cuatro Rayas, que el origen de los vinos de la bodega cooperativa se lo deben a la receta de un médico. Esta historia tiene mucho que ver con el verdadero impulsor de la bodega lasecana, hace −hoy 24 de enero− 85 vendimias.

Fue Fermín Bedoya, el médico de la localidad, quien aglutinó a un grupo de viticultores creando una cooperativa que les permitiera sacar el mayor partido posible del trabajo en las viñas. Con esa peculiar ‘receta’ médica –la que aconsejaba unirse en una empresa colectiva- era imposible que las cosas no salieran bien. El objetivo era rentabilizar el trabajo de la viña y poder comercializar el vino de todos.

Esa receta ha llegado hasta nuestros días pues, en pleno siglo XXI, la bodega sigue situada en el mismo lugar y forman parte de ella muchos nietos de aquellos viticultores que creyeron y apostaron fuerte por la receta del médico rural. Hoy, sin perder esa filosofía ni el caudal humano de centenares de socios viticultores, la bodega ha sido capaz de asumir la innovación, la tecnología y los formatos de marketing más punteros para comercializar los vinos de una amplia masa de viticultores que llegan a miles de puntos de venta en toda la geografía nacional. Pero pocos consumidores, catadores de los vinos de Cuatro Rayas, saben que el secreto está en que se sigue –todavía hoy- la receta de un médico rural: unirse para crecer y prosperar. Sin duda, un pensamiento sin secretos, pero con mucho sentido común.

Next Saturday, February 15, the wine cellar of the DO Rueda winery will be the setting for an activity designed to be enjoyed as a couple where the mentalist Max Verdié will pair wine with hypnosis and illusionism.

La Seca (Valladolid), January 22, 2020. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Bodega Cuatro Rayas proposes a perfect experience to be shared as a couple.

Activity ‘I do click! And I toast with you ‘ It will begin with a guided tour of the winery founded in 1935, where participants will be able to discover first-hand the history of the cooperative and the different processes of making its wines.

Then it will take place a tasting led by the mentalist Max Verdié −First National Prize for Illusionism 2019−. While attendees taste wines made with three different grape varieties – Verdejo, Tempranillo and Sauvignon Blanc -, this illusionist will present a show that combines psychology, illusionism, hypnosis, and even mind control techniques typical of martial arts, to create a new and surprising show, where the apparently supernatural will accompany the explanation of the characteristics of the wines tasted.

Finally, those who wish, may complete the experience by closing the night with a dinner at Mesón de Pedro , in the neighboring town of Matapozuelos, a grill restaurant specialized in grilled meats from vine shoots and holm oaks and other typical dishes of the local gastronomy.
Tickets for this activity are already on sale in the winery’s online store.

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2020
Time: 7.30pm (approximate duration of the activity: 1 hour and 30 minutes)
Prices:

• Visit + Tasting + Show: € 30 / person
• Visit + Tasting + Show + Dinner: € 50 / person

Buy your ticket at:

• Online Store Cuatro Rayas

The nearly 400 families – between winegrowers and workers – who live in some thirty towns and are part of the Cuatro Rayas Winery want to thank the fans, the players, the workers and all those who are and have been part of the Club, the great moments lived these years walking together in the front of the Real Valladolid shirt. (…)

La Seca (Valladolid), January 15, 2020. The nearly 400 families – between winegrowers and workers – who live in some thirty towns and are part of the Cuatro Rayas Winery want to thank the fans, the players, the workers and all those who are and have been part of the Club, the great moments lived these years walking together in the front of the Real Valladolid shirt.

We greatly appreciate the affection with which you have welcomed us, both for us and for the wines we make. Our cooperative spirit reminds us that we must know how to be, in addition to the mature, the hard. We joined the Real Valladolid family in the Second Division in 2014 and we suffered together for years, but perseverance has a prize and will remain in our memory, and great joy is already part of the history of Real Valladolid and of Bodega Cuatro Rayas. that we live toasting with Cuatro Rayas Verdejo to celebrate the long-awaited promotion to the First Division in 2018. Now, our emblem will leave the front to adorn the back of the shirt that the players wear, thus accompanying the Pucela while it continues to grow with the exciting project of Ronaldo Nazario.

Bodega Cuatro Rayas, in this sense, opens a new phase in its sponsorship collaboration with Real Valladolid. As of the next game, our brand will appear on the back of the Pucelano team’s First Team jerseys. We hope to toast many successes again. Cheers and go up Pucela!

The American publication recognizes the quality of this generous, safeguard of the Palomino in the DO Rueda, and highlights its strength and persistence in the mouth

January 9, 2020, La Seca (Valladolid) The Wine Advocate – founded by the renowned North American critic Robert Parker – has just released the results of its last Douro wine tasting, in which awarded outstanding scores to two wines made by the cooperative Bodega Cuatro Rayas. ’61’ Dorado en Rama – produced from a mixture of equal parts Verdejo and Palomino grapes – obtained 91 in recognition of its exceptional quality, while the 2018 vintage of the monovarietal Cuatro Rayas Viñedos Centenarios Verdejo was rated with 89 Parker points .

The publication with international prestige highlights that “’61’ Dorado en Rama is a wine in which its aging in old casks is especially appreciated, which give it powerful notes of dried fruit on the nose”; describes its color as amber and its palate as powerful and persistent, highlighting the warmth of its finish on the palate. The guide concludes by stating that this branch wine, compared to the traditional ’61 Dorado ‘, is «much more complex and clean and its aromas are presented in a much more defined way.»

Regarding the 89 points awarded to Cuatro Rayas Viñedos Centenarios Verdejo 2018, Parker’s critics state that this wine is fresh, light and with citric character and they clarify that – together with the characteristics of the Verdejo variety – a certain depth; about this wine they conclude that it is a «clean, pleasant and easy to drink» wine.

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate The publication The Wine Advocate – founded in by the North American Robert M. Parker Jr., one of the most prestigious international wine critics – uses a scoring system developed by the taster who gives it its name that catalogs the exceptional nature of the wines that evaluates.

The parameters analyzed according to this system belong to four categories: color and appearance, aroma and bouquet, flavor and aftertaste, and overall assessment, as well as their foreseeable future evolution. This quality scale is one of the most widely used systems internationally and the ratings issued by this publication have a high prescribing power among consumers.

La publicación americana reconoce la calidad de este generoso, salvaguarda de la Palomino en la DO Rueda, y destaca su fuerza y persistencia en boca

9 de enero 2020, La Seca (Valladolid) The Wine Advocate −fundada por el reconocido crítico norteamericano Robert Parker− acaba de hacer públicos los resultados de su última cata de vinos del Duero, en la que otorgó destacadas puntuaciones a dos vinos elaborados por la cooperativa Bodega Cuatro Rayas. ‘61’ Dorado en Rama −producido a partir de la mezcla a partes iguales de uva Verdejo y Palomino− obtuvo 91 en reconocimiento a su excepcional calidad, mientras que la añada 2018 del monovarietal Cuatro Rayas Viñedos Centenarios Verdejo fue calificada con 89 puntos Parker.

La publicación con prestigio internacional destaca que “ ‘61’ Dorado en Rama es un vino en el que se aprecia especialmente su envejecimiento en botas antiguas, que le aportan potentes notas a frutos secos en nariz”; describe su color como ambarino y su paladar como potente y persistente, destacando la calidez de su final en boca. La guía concluye indicando que este vino en rama, comparado con el tradicional ’61 Dorado’, resulta “mucho más complejo y limpio y sus aromas se presentan de forma mucho más definida”.

A propósito de los 89 puntos otorgados a Cuatro Rayas Viñedos Centenarios Verdejo 2018, los críticos de Parker exponen que este vino resulta fresco, ligero y con carácter cítrico y matizan que −junto con las características propias de la variedad Verdejo− se aprecia en él cierta profundidad; sobre este vino concluyen que es un vino “limpio, agradable y fácil de beber”.

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate La publicación The Wine Advocate −fundada en por el norteamericano Robert M. Parker Jr., uno de los críticos enológicos más prestigiosos a nivel internacional− utiliza un sistema de puntuación desarrollado por el catador que le da nombre que cataloga la excepcionalidad de los caldos que evalúa.

Los parámetros analizados según este sistema pertenecen a cuatro categorías: color y apariencia, aroma y bouquet, sabor y posgusto y valoración en conjunto, además de su previsible evolución en el futuro. Esta escala de calidad es uno de los sistemas más utilizados a nivel internacional y las valoraciones emitidas por esta publicación cuentan con un alto poder de prescripción entre los consumidores.

The Lasecana winery appoints Álvaro Gago as Director of Sustainability with the aim of promoting viticultural and social sustainability in rural areas

La Seca (Valladolid), December 12, 2019. Bodega Cuatro Rayas takes a further step in its commitment to the social and natural environment by presenting what will be its emblem in defense of viticultural and social sustainability, a seal that brings together the Cooperative’s commitment to respect the environment and towards people.

‘green & social’ They are the two terms that summarize the green philosophy that has the welfare of the people as the center of attention; For its graphic representation, a design has been developed with the image of a grape and a smiling face joined by two arrows that form a circle, which seeks to highlight the interdependence of the sustainability of the natural environment and the people who inhabit it.

As stated in the Strategic Plan 2018-2020 of Bodega Cuatro Rayas, the mission of this cooperative is to improve the standard of living of its members and workers to guarantee generational change in rural areas, creating wealth and facilitating employment for the next generations.

In the same way, the winery’s commitment to the environment is evidenced by the implementation of sustainable measures that affect the different phases of wine production: Cuatro Rayas Winery is a pioneer in the calculation and commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of its logistics management and has an agreement with Ecoglass – a non-profit organization in charge of managing the recycling of all glass containers – for the use of lighter bottles . In addition, the cardboard packaging of the products is made with Recycled material and stationery and an important part of the labeling have the stamps of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) . In bottling, the use of closures (‘corks’) is prioritized Nomacorc Classic Green , made with a material derived from sugar cane 100% recyclable and made with renewable plant-based polymers; In addition, this type of closure allows extraordinary control of the entry of oxygen into the bottle and is the first cap in the world with a practically zero carbon footprint. On the other hand, work is being done on the development of capsules without plastic derivatives and water-based inks.

Álvaro Gago, Head of Sustainability at Bodega Cuatro Rayas

Along with the presentation of this new own label that certifies the sustainability of the products of Bodega Cuatro Rayas, the cooperative has appointed Álvaro Gago as head of Sustainability, a position that he will combine with his current work as director of the winery’s Communication department. In the words of Gago, “with the ‘green & social’ brand, the Cooperative wants to value numerous actions that it has been carrying out for years from a social and environmental point of view; in addition, the launch of this initiative will serve as an impetus to continue improving and face the challenges that are yet to come ”.

Born in Valladolid in 1984, Álvaro Gago has a degree in Journalism and a master’s degree in Foreign Trade Promotion. He began his professional career in 2003 as a contributor to the sports section of the Diario de Valladolid-El Mundo and from that moment he developed his work as an editor in different areas of local and national media such as ABC, Expansión, Diario Critico or Vozpópuli. In 2014, at the end of a master’s degree in Foreign Trade, he joined the wine sector combining tasks of the Export department and functions of the Head of Communication and Public Relations. Since 2015 he has directed the Communication department of Bodega Cuatro Rayas.