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SPAIN<br />
– REGION –<br />
Members of the family - Jose, Domingo, Marisa and Miriam - at Bodegas Arloren<br />
some of its wines. Experience and members of the family have been<br />
an inspiration when christening the wines: “El Tío del Carro”, “Paca”,<br />
“Paco” and “La Nieta” are a tribute to the people close to the Arce<br />
Family.<br />
BODEGAS BLEDA, JUMILLA D.O.<br />
FROM BULK WINES TO PRESENT-DAY OFFERINGS<br />
This family-run winery traces its origins back to the beginning of the<br />
20 th century (1902), when the Bleda family established a wine and<br />
olive oil business in the town of Jumilla. But it was only 13 years later<br />
(1915), that they laid the foundations for what is known today as<br />
Bodegas Bleda.<br />
Jumilla is an area with a long winemaking tradition and it is here<br />
that the winery is located. It began to make a name for itself when<br />
one of its previous generations, led by Antonio Bleda Garcia, opted<br />
to change the winery from being a producer of bulk wines for the<br />
domestic market to, in their own words, “being pioneers in bottling<br />
Jumilla wines for the export market, something that was unthinkable<br />
at that time”.<br />
SPRING 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 69
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