A legacy built through the efforts of five generations
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1870
Jaime Torres Vendrell, together with his brother Miguel, founded the company and built the winery in front of the Vilafranca del Penedès railway station. They come from a family of winegrowers whose origins date back to 1678.
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1904
His Majesty King Alfonso XIII visits the winery. Lunch was served in a 500,000 litre wooden cask.
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1907
On February 7, 1907, Juan Torres Casals, son of Miguel Torres Vendrell, registered the trademark Coronas. He had assumed the company's management from his father a year earlier, who had been in charge after D. Jaime's death in 1904.
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1928
Juan Torres begins wine distillation and brandy ageing.
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1932
At 23 years old, Miguel Torres Carbó succeeds his late father, taking over the company's management with the help of his mother, Doña Josefa.
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1939
Three months before the end of the Civil War in Spain, the winery was partially destroyed by aerial bombardment of the railway station.
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1942
Miguel Torres Carbó orders to rebuild the winery. In a telegram that he sent from Havana in December of that year, he says: “Resolved continuity of service for our wines. First major guaranteed order. Activate warehouse reconstruction work ”. With this, the sale of bottled wine also begins and Coronas is marketed for the first time.
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Product launches
1954
“Sangre de Toro” was placed on the market.
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1963
Upon finishing his enology studies in Dijon (France), Miguel A. Torres, son of Miguel Torres Carbó and Margarita Riera, assumed the technical direction of the winery. Introduces the innovative cold fermentation technique and creates the first Viña Sol (registered trademark in 1947).
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1964
Miguel A. Torres introduces foreign vines and begins the plantation of cabernet sauvignon on the Mas la Plana estate, in Penedès, and of chardonnay, years later, on the Castell de Milmanda estate, in Conca de Barberà. Stainless steel tanks are beginning to be used in winemaking.
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1970
First vintage of Gran Coronas Etiqueta Negra from the Mas La Plana estate, made mainly with cabernet sauvignon, which will become the Familia Torres wine flagship over the years.
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1975
Marimar Torres settles in the US. The presence of Familia Torres wines in this market increases.
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1979
Familia Torres expands to Chile and becomes the first foreign winery in the Andean country. Vineyards are planted and the first stainless steel tanks and new oak barrels are imported from Spain.
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1979
Gran Coronas Etiqueta Negra 1970 expires at the World Wine Olympics in Paris, organized by Gault & Millau magazine, against great French wines. With this recognition, Familia Torres embarks on the path of making high-end wines.
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1982
Familia Torres acquires land in the Sonoma County region of the Russian River / Green Valley, California, to start a new wine project to be managed by Marimar. In 1986, the plantation of chardonnay and pinot noir begins.
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1983
Miguel A. Torres, on his return from Montpellier where he had studied viticulture for a year, launched the project for the recovery of Catalan ancestral varieties.
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1990
Miguel Torres Carbó received the "Creu de Sant Jordi" from Jordi Pujol.
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1991
The marketing of the first wine made by Marimar in California begins, 100% chardonnay from the 1989 vintage.
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1991
Miguel A. Torres assumes the presidency of the winery after the death of his father.
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1995
The 125th Anniversary of Bodegas Torres featured a visit by His Majesty the King Juan Carlos I to our Bodegas Torres wineries in Pacs del Penedès.
Distinguished Visitors
1997
The Great Exhibit Hall at the Miguel Torres Foundation was inaugurated.
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New facilities
1997
The brandy “Torres 20 Hors d’Age” was chosen the Best Brandy in the World
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1999
The American magazine, Wine Spectator, named Bodegas Torres “the Most Important Winery in Spain”.
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2001
A Joint-Venture was set up in India (T.T & G. Trading Private Limited), with which Torres became the first Spanish winery with heavy presence in the country.
Growth / Expansion
2001
Torres was the only Spanish winery mentioned in the “Hall of Fame” by the American magazine Wine Spectator at the celebration of its 25th anniversary.
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2002
Miguel A. Torres received the award “Decanter Man of the Year 2002”, granted by the international magazine Decanter.
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2005
Miguel A. Torres received the award Wine International Magazine, Personality of the Year in the innovation category.
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2005
The launch of the new red wine “Celeste”, the first red wine produced by Torres in the DO Ribera del Duero.
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2006
Miguel A. Torres was distinguished with the “Lebenswerk” (lifetime achievement) award, which is granted by the prestigious German wine magazine Wein Gourmet.
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2006
Torres received the Prize for the Best European Winery, granted by the prestigious American magazine "Wine Enthusiast".
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2007
The launch of the wine “Salmos”, the first Torres wine produced in the DO Priorat.
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2007
Miguel A. Torres was named the most influential Spanish vine grower and the second in Europe, according to the annual list published by the magazine Decanter.
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2008
The Waltraud winery was inaugurated.
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New facilities
2009
Bodegas Torres expands into the DO Rioja. The first Torres red wine produced in that area entered the market: Altos Ibéricos
Growth / Expansion
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Product launches
2010
Miguel A. Torres received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” awarded by the International Wine Challenge (UK).
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2010
The prestigious magazine Drink Business named Torres the Green Company of the Year for its environmental commitment.
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2010
Mireia Torres Maczassek, member of the family’s fifth generation, is appointed Director of the Jean Leon and Torres Priorat wineries.
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2011
The launch of Verdeo, produced in the DO Rueda.
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Product launches
2012
Miguel Torres Maczassek, a member of the fifth generation, is named the Managing Director of the Torres group.
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2013
Miguel A. Torres received the award “Wine Enthusiast Lifetime Achievement Award” in New York.
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2013
Bodegas Torres was considered the most recognised European wine brand and the 11th in the world in “The Power 100” ranking compiled by the British company Intangible Business on the wine and spirits market.
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2014
The British magazine Drinks International recognised Bodegas Torres as the most admired wine brand in the world.
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2014
Bodegas Torres gained ground in Rueda with the purchase of a winery in Villafranca de Duero where it makes its “Verdeo”.
Growth / Expansion
2014
Mireia Torres Maczassek is named head of R&D&I.
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2015
Bodegas Torres is recognized for the second consecutive year as the most admired wine brand in the world by the leading British magazine Drinks International.
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2015
The British Magazine Drinks Business rewards Torres for its use of renewable energies in the fifth edition of its Green Awards.
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