The Gramona winery, from Corpinnat, began this morning the earliest harvest in the history of Penedès, on July 22nd. A unique and exceptional event that has broken all records, if one can say so, that there had been in the harvests in the territory. If in 2023 the same Gramona winery started it on July 26th, a date that was already very advanced because we came from a tradition of harvesting in mid or late August, this year it is still four days earlier. And that's despite the fact that last year it seemed like this advancement was slowing down, because July 31st was the first day of harvest in Penedès. Climate change has broken all our schemes, and if this year it is July 22nd, it could be that soon everything will change again.

Jaume Vial Quintana (Maçanet de Cabrenys, 1959) is a highly respected figure in the world of sparkling wine. In recent years, we've known him as the head of Bodega Mestres, famous for its long aging processes. He wore the winery's colors with such pride and dedication that many people only discovered on its centenary celebration that he wasn't the owner. "I've never claimed to be the boss. I'm a professional who had the family's trust. And I'll always be grateful for that. Every job I've taken on, I've approached as a personal challenge. I took on the Mestres challenge thinking it would be my last," he explained to ARA. But it wasn't.

The Gramona winery recently hosted an informative event focused on geosensory tasting, a discipline that emphasizes the direct relationship between landscape, terroir, and the sensory properties of wine. Winegrowers and producers shared practices in the vineyard, the winery, and during tasting, with the expression of the soil in the wine as the central theme.

Since the death of his cousin Xavier in 2023, Jaume Gramona has been the president of Gramona, one of the most innovative wineries in the Penedès region.