BELGIAN SOMMELIERS VISIT CASA DONOSO

A group of 13 Belgian students studying to be sommeliers visited Casa Donoso Vineyard yesterday. The students, who will graduate in June this year, were welcomed by the vineyard oenologist Felipe Ortiz and his team.

 This visit is the fifth in Casa Donoso vineyard history. On this occasion the young sommeliers were accompanied by three Senior Sommeliers from the Sommelier School from Belgium. 

In coordination with TER GROENE POORTE BRUGGE – BELGIUM  (Sommelier School) and our importer in Belgium, Frank Matthys, we support the carrying out of this technical visit every two years so that future sommeliers can learn, from the ground up, how the wine market is organized and in particular how the market for the Casa Donoso vineyard is developed, becoming at the same time ambassadors of our vineyard and wines in their potential workplaces. 

The visit, which had a technical focus and was conducted by the vineyard oenologist, included an overview of management of the vines, the review of oenological and production processes, tastings of different wines in barrel storage rooms and a tasting of the new Clos Centenaire and 1810 wine harvests.

 ”Everything turned out very well and I hope that what this group of Sommeliers saw here will contribute to the development and presence of our wines in Belgian and Dutch restaurants, where this group will certainly work in the future”, said Felipe Ortiz, quite satisfied.