I interviewed Pantea Group wine consultant Xavi Nolla on a Wednesday afternoon, two hours before the sparkling wine tasting he will co-lead at the Público restaurant in Barcelona (Enric Granados, 30). He is a sommelier and also makes wines from various denominations of origin, such as Terra Alta, DOQ Priorat, Alella, Empordà, and Roussillon. Since he first launched his Vinos de la Memoria (Memory Wines), as he named them in 2018, they have become benchmarks in a winemaking style that engages with the winemaking practiced in Spain before the 1970s. They are fresh, saline, mineral wines in which the variety with which they are made is clearly evident. Above all, the story behind the wines stood out, wines dedicated to his grandfather, who fought on the Republican front in the Battle of the Ebro, was imprisoned in two concentration camps, and was finally able to resume his life. "If it hadn't been like that, I wouldn't be here," says Nolla.