The Tarragona region is not only the country's breadbasket, but also, and especially, the most complex, diverse, and rich mosaic of vineyards in all of Catalonia, safeguarding our landscape and making it resilient. Perhaps that's why, from its inception, this supplement has been fueled by winemaking stories with deep roots and wings, reminding us monthly that wine is a delicious consequence of the human domestication of the vine and, intrinsically, the will to perpetuate a culture.

Natural wine refers to wine made from grapes without adding or subtracting anything, or with minimal intervention by the winery. This is the most widely accepted definition of natural wine, a product that has grown in popularity over the last fifteen years, both in consumption and cultivation.

Sergi Figueras and Antonio Lopo are two prestigious sommeliers, trained for years in fine dining. In 2016, they ventured into creating bespoke wines under the Thunder Wine Makers brand, inspired by the rock music of AC/DC. Their first steps led them to elevate table wine to a prestigious level in fine restaurants and transform it into a value-added product. "It's always had negative connotations because it was cheap and not particularly good. We've gone further. Wine is also an image; it's as important as a designer chair," insists Figueras, best sommelier in Spain and Catalonia in 2012. The restaurants Direkte Boqueria, Àbac, El Grau del Os, and Can Jubany have trusted his winemaking judgment. en cuatro manos and the Tarragona region are the origin of many of his creations. "In some cases we make blends, and in others we harvest and bottle. The idea is to always be fully involved, but it depends on each winery," he clarifies.

"I wanted to wake up at home and pick up my daughter. After the verdict, I left. We celebrated later in Sanlúcar de Barrameda and in Puerto de Santa María, at Tohqa." Eloi Cedó, an agricultural engineer and oenologist, is one of the most clairvoyant voices of the natural wine movement. Born in Tivissa, in 2023 he won the Vila Viniteca couples tasting competition in Madrid with sommelier Nacho Martínez. This year they are on the waiting list; in three minutes the tickets for the 17th edition, which is held in March, sold out. 135 competing couples and 50,000 euros of financial prize money between winners and finalists. Cedó allocated the money to "the treasury shake-up that year and the income tax return the next. To plug holes and live." He is sincere. He is careful with the language. He comes from a humble family in the Ribera de Ebro: "There is no romanticism in my dedication to wine, but rather a vineyard landscape and an agricultural union in decline."

"The collection Portraits of Wine The author of the series, the journalist and sommelier Ruth Troyano, recalls this. The young oenologist born in Organyà was now ten years ago the protagonist of the woman's first book. 'Enología' by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV).