VIÑEDOS Y BODEGAS PITTACUM

NEWS

Media: DIARIO DE LEON
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 19/03/10

Pittacum Barrica wins further recognition by scoring 92 points from Wine Spectator

Winery to take part in the Barcelona International Food Show next week

DL | PONFERRADA
Pittacum Barrica continues to reap success after success internationally. The American specialist Journal Wine Spectator has given the El Bierzo wine a score of 92 because of its striking personality. The wine had already won ten other awards at various international events, including two gold medals at the World Competition in Brussels and the award for the best Spanish wine in Russia, organised for the first time by the Spanish Economy and Trade Office in Moscow.

Bodegas Pittacum will be present from Monday at the International Food and Beverages Show 2010 being held in Barcelona until the 26th. The three wines made by the winery (Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and the rosé Tres Obispos) will be on show at the Bodegas Terras Gauda stand.

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Media: BODEGAS Y VINOS
Section: Noticias
Date: 18/03/10

Wines » Pittacum Barrica 2006 adds another international award to its ten medals

Bodegas Pittacum will present its wines on the Terras Gauda Group stand at the International Food and Beverages Show 2010, being held from 22nd to 26th March in Barcelona.

Bodegas Pittacum has achieved more international plaudits for Pittacum Barrica 2006. The prestigious U.S. journal Wine Spectator has ranked Pittacum Barrica above among thousands of wines from all over the world, awarding it a score of 92 out of 100.

The nod of approval for Pittacum Barrica 2006 by Wine Spectator, one of the most important journals in the wine sector, is a major boost for Bodegas Pittacum in the United States, which is one of the 24 international markets where the El Bierzo winery is now present.

Pittacum Barrica 2006 has previously won 10 awards at various international events, including gold medals at the First Competition for the Best Spanish Wines in Russia, organised by the Spanish Economy and Trade Office in Moscow, and at the Brussels World Competition. It also won prizes at the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (New York), the Sélections Mondiales des Vins international competition (Canada), and Les Citadelles du Vin (Bordeaux, France).

Bodegas Pittacum, which has been a member of the Terras Gauda group of companies since 2002, will present its wines at the International Food and Beverages Show 2010, being held from 22nd to 26th March in Barcelona.

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Media: MUNDOVINO
Section: Premios
Date: 18/03/10

PITTACUM Barrica 2006 wins new award

Bodegas Pittacum will present its wines on the Terras Gauda Group stand at the International Food and Beverages Show 2010, being held from 22nd to 26th March in Barcelona.

Bodegas Pittacum has achieved more international plaudits for Pittacum Barrica 2006. The prestigious U.S. journal Wine Spectator has ranked Pittacum Barrica above among thousands of wines from all over the world, awarding it a score of 92 out of 100.

Bodegas Pittacum, which has been a member of the Terras Gauda group of companies since 2002, will present its wines at the International Food and Beverages Show 2010, being held from 22nd to 26th March in Barcelona.

The three wines made by Bodegas Pittacum (Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and the rosé Tres Obispos) will be present on the Bodegas Terras Gauda stand at the Food Show, which will be attended by over 4,000 firms from all over the World, including all the main winemaking groups.

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Media: TELVA
Section: Gastronomía
Date: November 2009

AT THE WINARY

A Bierzo rosé from Pittacum (7 €)

Tres Obispos - Pittacum

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Media: El Mundo
Section: León
Data: 1/10/09

Pittacum to invest 750,000 euros in extending its winery

Sales grew this year by 20% and the firm is looking towards Asia

MARGA LUENGO | Ponferrada

Yesterday Pittacum, the El Bierzo D.O. winery and member of the Terras Gauda Group, officially presented the imminent extension of its Arganza facilities, a complex of winery facilities, maturing sheds and casting rooms that the firm intends to turn into a benchmark wine-tourism centre in the district. During this year´s harvesting campaign, the Pittacum chairman, José María Fonseca, the managing director, Enrique Costas, and the technical director, Alfredo Marqués, presented their latest commitment to El Bierzo yesterday, which will involve an investment of 750,000 euros. In all, the winery is adding to its properties three farmhouses and a hectare of land to plant Mencía vineyards, to bring the firm´s total vineyard area to 9 hectares.

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum
Fonseca, Marqués & Costas, during the tasting yesterday in Pittacum. CÉSAR SÁNCHEZ

The winery's wines – the rosé Tres Obispos, Pittacum 2005 and Pittacum Aurea, the flagship product – were served yesterday to toast to the potential of the coming year. The technical director said that this year the winery will increase its sales by 20% compared with 2007, stressing the importance of the firm´s internationalisation plan, focusing particularly on Asia. Exports currently account for 30% of the firm´s sales.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: El Bierzo
Data: 1/10/09

Pittacum invests 750,000 euros to extend its winery and vineyards in Arganza

Despite the recession, the El Bierzo–Galician firm increases its sales by 20% in Spain and abroad, with particular success in Asia

M. FÉLIX | PONFERRADA

Coinciding with its tenth anniversary, Pittacum announced yesterday in Arganza an investment of 750,000 euros to extend its winery and vineyards. At a time when pessimistic views abound, under the umbrella of the word "recession", the leading, innovative El Bierzo wine-makers, while never losing sight of their tradition and origins, have opted to extend their vineyards and increase their winery´s production. With eight hectares of their own vineyards, plus leasing agreements with private vine growers, the firm is now adding another 11,000 square metre plot, not only to increase the winery's production, but to make room for another much appreciated concept these days: rural and wine tourism.

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum
Marqués points out the land for the extension work. L. DE LA MATA

In Arganza besides Pittacum´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués, was a Galician who knows everything you need to know about wine. José María Fonseca, who is associated with an equally weighty name from the land of Albariño, Terras Gauda, said that wine was part of everything, of life itself. And with that attitude, and that commitment to life – which has recently convinced such hard-to-shift minds as the Swedish market – he praised the personality of El Bierzo, beginning with Mencía, but being cosmopolitan and not staring at its own navel.

Large tasting room with natural light to be built in an old dovecote among the vineyards

Pittacum told this newspaper that the rural-tourism extension project is based on a large farmhouse 1,400 square metres in size, with 800 square metres of cellars and 200 for the house itself . Alfredo Marqués, Pittacum´s technical director, was visibly excited by the project. Despite the recession, Pittacum´s results have been more than encouraging. Not many companies can report a 20% increase in sales.

Production
. Pittacum grows from 220,000 to 250,000 kilos of grapes.

Sales
. Despite the recession sales are 20% up. 30% of the firm´s market is abroad. Asia is starting to watch them.

Report | M. FÉLIX

On wine

The winery plans to process 250,000 kilos of grapes this year

Pittacum, like the other wineries in El Bierzo, is in the middle of harvesting its grapes. Last year they picked 220,000 kilos of grapes. This year it will be 250,000 kilos. As in previous years, they plan to make 10,000 bottles of their Tres Obispos wine, as well as 185,000 bottles of Pittacum and 20,000 of Pittacum Aurea.

And on the way are interesting new wines that enhance Mencía´s personality, such as Garnacha Tintorera, A variety that has had its own voice in the vineyards for over a century. At Pittacum, theory is being matched with practice, and yesterday they organised a tasting session with their three flagship wines. They began at the sun-drenched old farmhouse with Tres Obispos, followed by Pittacum with the final word going to Aurea. The wine spoke.

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Media: La Crónica
Section: El Bierzo
Data: 1/10/09

WINE AMBITIOUS WINE-TOURISM PROJECT

Pittacum extends its facilities in Arganza

The winery invests 750,000 euros in new equipment

Francisco Labarga. Arganza

The Bierzo-based winery Pittacum, which is a member of the Galician Terras Gauda Group, yesterday announced an investment of 750,000 euros to extend its facilities in Arganza, with the immediate objective of increasing the space available for maturing sheds, offices and a social area, plus the launch of an ambitious wine-tourism project in the medium term.

Pittacum´s investment has been made in the acquisition of several properties adjoining the current winery, as well as a 1.5 hectare plot of farmland where Mencía vines will be planted – the variety used for all the firm´s current production of its three brands, Tres Obispos and the red wines Pittacum and Pittacum Aurea.

Pittacum´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués, also reported yesterday that this year's grapes are of excellent quality, largely due to the very good weather, with mild temperatures and low rainfall this autumn.

Marqués was accompanied by the Terras Gauda chairman, José María Fonseca, and the firm´s technical director, Enrique Costas.

Pittacum´s extension project is a major boost for the consolidation of the winery´s expansion plans. It is already one of the leading wineries in El Bierzo, currently present in 24 international markets as well as throughout Spain.

Last year, the winery exported 30% of its total wine production, an increase of 80% over the previous year´s figures. New markets include those in Asia, particularly Japan, the Philippines, Laos, Korea and China, as well as Australia and Cyprus.

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum
Alfredo Marqués and Enrique Costas during the Pittacum tasting yesterday in Arganza. F. LABARGA

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Media: Bierzo7
Section: Vino
Data: 1/10/09

Pittacum keeps growing and extends its El Bierzo project with a €0.75M investment

Three buildings and a hectare of land adjoining the current land have been acquired to extend its maturing facilities, social area and offices, as well as a wine-tourism project. The firm is also planting new Mencía vineyards

Yesterday Pittacum presented its project to extend the winery with three buildings near the current Arganza site, plus a surrounding hectare of land, where new Mencía vines are to be planted. "We have always believed in this variety and want to make the best Mencía, but not the best Mencía with Cabernet or Tempranillo, because what interests us in not just making a wine with good sensorial characteristics, but one that is authentic, true to El Bierzo and the Mencía grape. "The property has a dovecote that we are going to convert into a large casting room with a round table and natural light," Pittacum´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués, said.

The total investment planned is 750,000 euros. According to Marqués, "it involves improving our facilities and allowing us, from a technical viewpoint, to extend our maturing sheds, where space was rather limited, as well as building new offices and a social area." The firm also plans "in the near future to renovate the shed where the raw material is processed, in a way that is in tune with the environment of the old farmhouses that we have acquired, because the vineyard landscape and surrounding area is of such great importance that it forms part and parcel of the prestige and identity of our wines."

With these extensions the maturing area will double in size from 400 to 800 square metres, plus a further 800 square metres for the social area and 400 square metres of new office space. The renovations will be completed with a wine-tourism project.

Pittacum currently has 8 hectares of its own vineyards, and following the new extensions it will have over 11,000 square metres of rural land to house its new winery facilities and vineyard and the wine-tourism project.

An "exceptional" year for wine

Marqués believes that this year´s harvest promises a great deal, because "the quality of the grapes is exceptional, thanks to the weather, with a very dry September, giving us wines that have a tremendous future ahead of them. "All our wines undergo medium-length and long maturing processes, which further adds to their potential". This has been helped by the cool summer, which has optimised the slow "but frankly extraordinary" ripening of the grapes.

Pittacum expect to pick 250,000 kilos of grapes – 30,000 kilos more than last year. They will use the grapes to make 10,000 bottles of Tres Obispos, 185,000 of Pittacum and 20,000 of Pittacum Aurea.

Marqués said that "there are new wines with Mencía and Garnacha Tintorera, a variety that has been installed in El Bierzo for many years but has never been properly appreciated. "As with Mencía ten years ago, which nobody considered suitable for making great wines, we want to make the most of these grapes."

No recession for Pittacum

"Despite the recession, Pittacum is doing very well, with a good chance of exceeding last year´s sales, perhaps even by 20%." Marqués said. "Thirty per cent of our production is sold abroad. We have expanded into the Asian market, where the outlook is very encouraging."

He also mentioned that Pittacum 2005, which is matured in oak casks for eight months, has won 11 awards all over the world so far this year.

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Media: El Mundo
Section: León
Date: 14/07/09

WINEMAKING

Pittacum Barrica 2006, the best Spanish wine in Russia

Pittacum Barrica 2006, by Bodegas Pittacum, won the gold medal at the first Competition for the Best Spanish Wines in Russia, organised by the Spanish Economy and Trade Office in Moscow, to select the wines that best adapt to the Russian market. This award in Russia is now added to a further four international awards obtained at the World Competition in Brussels, the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in New York, the International Selections Mondiales des Vins in Canada and Les Citadelles du Vin in Bordeaux.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 14/07/09

Report | D. LÓPEZ

Pittacum conquers Moscow

El Bierzo-based winery wins gold medal for Barrica 2006 at the Competition for the Best Spanish Wines in Russia Pittacum Barrica

Pittacum Barrica 2006 has just won its fifth medal. The feat was achieved in Moscow, where the wine won over the jury at the Competition for the Best Spanish Wines in Russia, an event organised for the first time by the Spanish Economy and Trade Office in the Russian capital to select the wines that best adapt to the country´s market.

According to a press release issued yesterday by the El Bierzo-based winery, which has been a member of the Bodegas Terras Gauda group since 2002, "The award won in Russia is particularly relevant for Bodegas Pittacum because the Spanish Economy and Trade Office in Moscow organised the competition with a view to positioning Spain as a modern winemaking country producing quality wines with an identity of their own." "Pittacum´s philosophy is to make wines that are unique with a special personality all their own, where their origin and background and origin come shining through."

The gold medal won in Moscow by Pittacum Barrica 2006 is now added to four other International awards obtained recently at the International Competition in Brussels, the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in New York, the International Sélections Mondiales des Vins in Canada, and Les Citadelles du Vin in Bordeaux, France.

This achievement by Barrica 2006 has now consolidated the El Bierzo-based winery´s reputation even further.

Export sales up by 80%

DL | PONFERRADA
The El Bierzo-based winery Pittacum increased its export sales by 80% in 2008, making significant headway in such markets as Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Laos, Cyprus, Cambodia, Korea and China. According to the winery´s management, Pittacum, which is now present in 24 international markets, also increased its sales in countries where it was previously established, such as the UK, Switzerland, Ireland and Canada.

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Media: La Crónica
Section: El Bierzo - Cover
Date: 3/06/09

WINE | The winery is present in 24 international markets

Ónega presents Pittacum´s tenth anniversary celebrations

The event, which was very well attended, was held at the Bierzo Museum

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum - 10th Aniversay
Enrique Costas, Fernando Ónega and Alfredo Marqués yesterday during the celebrations at the Bierzo Museum. F. LABARGA

Francisco Labarga | Ponferrada
Yesterday at the Bierzo Museum in Ponferrada, the well-known Galician journalist Fernando Ónega presented the events organised to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Bodegas Pittacum, a firm that thanks to its positioning in 24 international markets has become one of the best-known wineries under the Bierzo Designation of Origin.

Besides Fernando Ónega, the managing director of Terras Gauda, the Galician business group to which Bodegas Pittacum belongs, Enrique Costas, and the Arganza-based winery´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués, also spoke at the event.

Fernando Ónega gave a humorous overview of the history of the Bierzo district, linking the gold of Las Médulas to a speculation-based economy and the areas vineyards to a sustainable economy and renewable energies, «very much to Zapatero´s liking». Ónega concluded by claiming that if «Pittacum isn´t the best wine in the world, it can´t be far off».

Also attending the event were the mayor of Ponferrada, Carlos López Riesco, the chairman of the Bierzo D.O. Regulatory Council, and numerous representatives from the cultural, social and political spheres of Castile and León. Cocktails were served together with fine wines from the group's two wineries, Terras Gauda (Rías Baixas D.O.) and Pittacum (Bierzo D.O.).

Although it was founded in 1999, Bodegas Pittacum has been a member of the Terras Gauda Group since 2002. Last year its international expansion reached a total of 24 countries, with an 80% increase in exports, making it one of the Bierzo district´s most effective firms when it comes to commercial and economic projection abroad. According to details provided by the company, Bodegas Pittacum is now present in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, marketing its three wines made with 100% Mencía grapes: Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and the rosé Tres Obispos.

Finally, Enrique Costas regretted the absence of Terras Gauda´s chairman, José María Fonseca, who was undergoing surgery.

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Media: ABC
Section: Galicia
Date: 3/06/09

Wine anniversary

Terras Gauda celebrates a decade of Pittacum

Bodegas Terras Gauda has celebrated the tenth anniversary of Bodegas Pittacum (Bierzo D.O.) with an event in Ponferrada that was presented by Fernando Ónega and attended by over 200 representatives of Castile and Leon´s political, business, social and cultural worlds.

The managing director of Bodegas Terras Gauda, Enrique Costas, stressed the business philosophy that is shared by the two wineries, based on making unique wines with their own clearly differentiated personality.

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum - 10th Aniversary

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Media: Diario de León
Date: 2/06/09

Local news | Mencía grape party at the Bierzo Museum

Terras Gauda celebrates a decade in the Bierzo district with Ónega as the MC

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum - 10º Aniversario
Mencía grape party at the Bierzo Museum.

Mencía grape party at the Bierzo Museum

M.J. ALONSO | PONFERRADA
To the point and entertaining, that was the speech given by the Lugo-born journalist Fernando Ónega to open the birthday party of Bodegas Pittacum, after a decade at the service of the most demanding palates.

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum - 10th Aniversary Backed by the winery's managing director, Enrique Costas, and technical director, Alfredo Marqués, the political commentator praised the wine firm for its positioning in 24 international markets and presence in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. The winery is based in Arganza, from where it exports what was once the drink of the Caesars. And it was the Roman period that Ónega referred to when describing the importance of Pittacum, a time of pagan gods like Bacchus, the divine head of the firm´s Barrica, Aurea and Tres Obispos wines.

Having arrived in Ponferrada «with Luis del Olmo´s blessing», Fernando Ónega joked about his liking for wine – indeed, far more than a liking – when he claimed that he was responsible for drinking «90% of each year´s harvest». The excuse he gives to his cardiologist is that «Pittacum wines are great, and now with Tres Obispos, even more so.»

The event was also attended by the mayor of Ponferrada, the deputy government delegate in León, the Galician regional government coordinator in the Bierzo district, the chair of the tourism trust and several leaders of wine-growing local authorities.

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Media: El Mundo
Section: Diary
Date: 2/06/09

The Bierzo winery Pittacum celebrates its tenth birthday

Yesterday in Ponferrada the Bierzo D.O. winery celebrated its tenth birthday, with an event at the Bierzo museum that was presented by journalist Fernando Ónega. The managing director of Bodegas Terras Gauda (Pittacum´s business group), Enrique Costas, stressed the growth experienced by the Bierzo-based winery, is now present in 24 international markets.

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Media: La Crónica
Section: El Bierzo - Cover
Date: 2/06/09

WINE | The winery is present in 24 international markets

Ónega presents Pittacum´s tenth anniversary celebrations

The event, which was very well attended, was held at the Bierzo Museum

Enrique Costas, Fernando Ónega and Alfredo Marqués yesterday during the celebrations at the Bierzo Museum. F. LABARGA

Finally, Enrique Costas regretted the absence of Terras Gauda´s chairman, José María Fonseca, who was undergoing surgery.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 1/06/09

Fernando Ónega presents the tenth anniversary of Bodegas Pittacum later today

Over 200 people from the cultural, social and political world have confirmed that they´ll be attending the event at the Bierzo Museum

M.F. | Ponferrada
The Bierzo-based firm Bodegas Pittacum is ten years old, and its management have decided to celebrate in style, with an event to which many personalities from the social, cultural, wine and political worlds have been invited.

The top journalist Fernando Ónega will act as master of ceremonies for Pittacum´s birthday celebration, which starts at 8 o´clock this evening at the Bierzo Museum in Ponferrada. Two hundred people have confirmed their attendance, including the town´s mayor, Carlos López Riesco.

Pittacum is a member of the Terras Gauda group and after only ten years already competes in 24 international markets

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum - 10th Aniversary

Besides Fernando Ónega, the Managing Director of Bodegas Terras Gauda and Pittacum and the winery´s Technical Director, Alfredo Marqués, will also speak at the event.

Bodegas Pittacum has been a member of the Galicia-based Bodegas Terras Gauda group since 2002, and after only ten years in business it is now positioned in 24 international markets, thanks to an intensive export drive. Last year the firm´s sales abroad increased by 80%. Pittacum is now present in Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

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Media: El Mundo
Section: León
Date: 21/04/09

Pittacum conquers Asia, Europe and Oceania

The winery increased its exports by 80% in 2008, opening up 8 new international markets

M.L./Ponferrada
Bodegas Pittacum ended 2008 with major growth in its international presence. According to details released by the firm´s press office, the El Bierzo winery´s export sales grew by 80%, consolidating its presence in such expanding markets as Asia, Europe and Oceania. As a result of this growth, exports now account for 30% of the winery´s total sales. The firm´s main products are the 100%–Mencía–based Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and the rosé Tres Obispos.

Alongside the increase in exports, the winery opened up new international markets in 2008, including Australia, the Philippines, Laos, Cyprus, Cambodia, Korea and China. Meanwhile, Pittacum´s Mencía–grape–based wines strengthened their position in existing markets such as the UK, Switzerland, Ireland, Canada and Cuba. Bodegas Pittacum is now present in a total of 24 foreign markets. According to the winery´s press office, Pittacum´s International growth coincides with the positive results achieved last year by Bodegas Terras Gauda, Pittacum´s parent company since 2002.

In figures, the overall turnover, which also includes the canning firm A Rosaleira, stood at 10.38 million euros – 2.52% more than in 2007.

In 2008, Bodegas Pittacum successfully launched its Tres Obispos rosé onto international markets, focusing especially on Belgium and the UK. The firm also got the leading cruise firm Viking Line to add Pittacum Barrica to the wine list on its ships.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 21/04/09

CHRONICLE | MENCÍA WITH A VIEW

Pittacum increases exports by 80%

Terras Gauda´s El Bierzo brand focuses on foreign markets in its business portfolio

R. Arias
Ponferrada

Bodegas Pittacum, the El Bierzo division of the major Galician group Terras Gauda, harvested healthy profits abroad last year. The Arganza–based firm closed 2008 with an 80% increase in foreign sales, the company said.

The firm entry into Asian markets where the recession seems to have set in more lightly has been a major boost for the firm´ profits. Besides arriving in Japan, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Korea and China, the winery´s labels – Pittacum Barrica, Aurea and Tres Obispos (a rosé) – the firm has also performed well in existing markets such as the UK, Switzerland, Ireland and Canada.

As a result, according to Terras Gauda group sources, Pittacum´s export sales accounted for 30% of their total turnover last year.

«Pittacum´s international expansion drive coincides with the positive results obtained last year by Bodegas Terras Gauda,» the same sources said.

Last year Pittacum launched its first rosé wine, Tres Obispos, which was particularly well received in Belgium and the UK, as well as in Spain. Pittacum Barrica was also selected for the wine list on Viking Line cruise ships.

The firm´s top–of–the–range product, Aurea, was the only Bierzo wine included in the «New Spanish Values» tasting event held in Berlin, organised by the wine expert David Schwarzwälder.

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Media: La Crónica
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 21/04/09

WINE

Pittacum increases sales in new markets by 80%

Bodegas Pittacum´s exports grew by 80% last year, thanks to the firm´s penetration of new markets in Asia, Europe and Oceania. The firm´s exports now account for 30% of their total sales of wines made with 100% Mencía grapes: Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and the rosé Tres Obispos.

Since last year, Pittacum has been on sale in such countries as Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Laos, Cyprus, Cambodia, Korea and China. The winery also strengthened its position in the UK, Switzerland, Ireland, Canada and Cuba. Having opened up these new markets, the winery now sells its products in a total of 24 countries worldwide.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: Bierzo
Date: 26/09/08

Feature | The taste of the land

Committed to a legend

"Tres Obispos" - Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum Bodegas Pittacum market ten thousand bottles of Tres Obispos, a wine they hope will recover some of rosé´s lost prestige as the perfect accompaniment for vegetables, salads and rice dishes

A. Calvo
ARGANZA

According to local legend, the disputes between the bishops of Astorga, Lugo and Oviedo and the fine wines they washed them down with give their name to the mountain where they met, and also to Bodegas Pittacum´s rosé wine, launched with ten thousand bottles. The goal of this move is to recover some of rosé's lost prestige, according to the winery´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués. The wine is ideal for accompanying vegetables, salads and rice dishes, he added.

The bright red Mencía grapes are grown on old vineyards – some of them 80 years old or more – in cool areas, giving them their characteristic freshness and flavour. Tres Obispos rosé won the gold medal at the New Wines 2008 awards. Competing against wineries from all Spain´s designations of origin, it was the only rosé to be awarded a top prize.

Bodegas Pittacum´s are mostly aged in casks made of French and American oak, although a new Project is underway to use oak from the Riaño mountain area, and another to use trees grown in Salamanca province.

The flagship products of the winery, based in Arganza and a member of the Terras Gauda group, are still Pittacum Barrica and Pittacum Aurea, the grapes for which are selected from special strains on vineyards with excellent soil and climate qualities.

Wines

Unique wines that reflect the Bierzo district

The Chairman of Terras Gauda Bodegas Pittacum, José María Fonseca, said yesterday that their Tres Obispos rosé «recovers the tradition of the Bierzo district», as well as demonstrating the unique qualities of the district and its products.

A team of fifteen people pick the grapes, which are grown on seven hectares of vineyards, collecting only the bunches that will be processed the same day. This careful selection ensures that this year's grapes will be «perfect and well balanced», Alfredo Marqués said.

Bodegas Pittacum are now focusing on new products with local grape varieties, such as Alicante, «which is set to repeat what happened in 1999 with the Mencía grapes,» he said, referring to a variety that was found to be perfectly suited for making crianza aged wines.

José María Fonseca said that Bodegas Pittacum is now «making an effort» to sell its wines in Northern European markets, «where they have had a good reception», and the United States. They are also starting to do well in new markets, such as Asia, and the chairman of the Arganza-based winery said that even in Spain wines from the Bierzo district still have a great deal left to do.

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Media: La crónica
Section: Bierzo
Date: 26/09/08

«Tres obispos», Pittacum´s latest launch

Yesterday the Arganza-based winery presented its new rosé made with Mencía grapes

Francisco Labarga | Arganza

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum Yesterday the Pittacum winery, based in Arganza, launched its new product, «Tres Obispos», a young wine under the Bierzo designation of origin that is a 100% Mencía-based rosé, uniquely in an area where reds reign supreme.

The result is a refreshing, cheerful wine, with a test run of 3,000 bottles, although 10,000 in all will be produced, the winery´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués, explained.

The name «Tres Obispos» refers to an old legend that tells of a meeting between the bishops of three neighbouring dioceses: Orense, Lugo and Astorga, and represents a firm commitment towards rosé wines from the very beginning, selecting the vineyards to be used to produce it. The first wine made in this way was recognised instantly, winning a gold medal at the New Wine Awards 2008.

Otherwise, apart from its organoleptic qualities, the new Pittacum wine follows exactly the same stringent manufacturing and quality standards as all the Bierzo-based winery´s other products: the excellent Pittacum Barrica and the exceptional Pittacum Aurea. These standards are in line with the policy set by the winery´s parent company, the Galician Bodegas Terras Gauda, as explained by their senior Management, headed by the chairman, accompanied by the managing director, Enrique Costas, and sales director, Augusto Borrás.

Grown in some of the most spectacular, sun-drenched parts of the Bierzo district, such as El Cereixal, in Villadecanes, Pittacum´s grapes are a guarantee that wines of proven quality will be made. The winery´s products are now taking advantage of the international penetration enjoyed by its parent company, Terras Gauda, in the Rías Baixas designation of origin, to conquer markets that would have been unthinkable not long ago, such as Canada, China, Japan and Laos, soon to be joined by Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.

Although ambitious, this is a move that deserves to succeed, which it surely will, because of its audacity and frankness.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: Magazine
Date: 05/10/08

Pittacum opens up the world

The Bierzo-based winery launches a new wine, the rosé Tres Obispos, in a year marked by International expansion, penetrating eight new markets in Asia while consolidating its position in Spain

B. FERNÁNDEZ

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum ||| 2008 is an important year for Pittacum not only because of the launch of a new wine. The Arganza-based winery, which came to fame with the wine of the same name, has conquered the demanding Asian market, penetrating eight national markets in the region. The sales network of the Galician firm Terras Gauda, which has owned the winery since 2002, has introduced the Bierzo Mencía wines into China, Japan, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore, with launches also planned soon for the Philippines and Malaysia. Pittacum has also increased its presence on the North American market in recent months, with the signing in 2007 of new global distribution deals for Canada, penetrating the SAQ and LCBO monopolies there. The winery´s position in the United States has also been strengthened following a distribution deal with the company AY Brands, a member of the Spanish Codorniu group.

The winery´s sales activity has also been intense in the Caribbean and central European regions, with exports now heading for Cuba and the firm´s position being consolidated in the UK and Switzerland, its main foreign markets. The Bierzo-based winery, which produces the 100% Mencía wines Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and Tres Obispos, is present in over 20 international markets and throughout Spain. The total turnover of the group, which is chaired by José María Fonseca and run by Enrique Costas, the managing director, and made up of Bodegas Terras Gauda, Bodegas Pittacum and A Rosaleira, was 10.12 million euros in 2007, achieved by a team of 80 employees. Total profits were 1.165 million euros. Pittacum is run by Alfredo Marqués.

Key markets

The Bierzo-based winery, which produces the 100% Mencía wines Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and Tres Obispos, is present throughout Spain and in over 20 international markets.

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Media: Bierzo 7
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 02/10/08

Pittacum launches Tres Obispos, a 100% Mencía-based rosé, gold-medal winner at the New Wines Awards 2008

This year the Arganza-based winery has launched its wines in eight national markets in Asia and consolidated its positions in Europe and the USA

Last week Pittacum launched its new wine, the rosé Tres Obispos, which won the gold medal at the New Wines Awards 2008, competing against wines from all Spain´s regions with designation of origin. Tres Obispos was the only rosé to win a top prize at the event.

The wine´s name comes from a legendary meeting between the bishops of Astorga, Orense and Lugo at the confluence of the three provinces, in the Bierzo district, to settle their differences.

Tres Obispos is made with 100% Mencía grapes and the winery is committed to pushing this wine despite the dramatic fall in rosé sales in recent years. «We though that this was because rosés weren´t being made with the right grapes. Rosé has always been made with grapes from highly productive new vineyards, hoping to make full-bodied rosés with red grapes, but you have to go right back to the grape on the vine to do it properly. A rosé needs a much lighter, more aromatic grape, one that´s less ripe than a red, with lots of aromas reflecting the grape variety and high acidity. So you have to design it from the beginning by choosing the right vineyard,» Pittacum´s technical director, Alfredo Marqués, said. He added that at the Arganza-based winery rosé «isn´t going to be a by-product of red wine, nor the down-market product in our range.»

However, the fate of rosé has been a different story in Europe, where consumption is on the increase. As a result of this, Three Obispos is mainly intended for export. It has already been very well received in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK. Current production is set at 3,000 bottles, although a total of 10,000 bottles are planned by the end of this year´s harvest. Marqués considers that the success of rosé wines in Europe is «a reaction against the new wave of modern wines that are too extractive and too full-bodied. We´re seeing a resurgence of consumers who want to go back to drinking something refreshing, pleasant and thirst-quenching.»

The winery opted to make their new rosé with 100% Mencía grapes because they bring out the character of the wine better than any red. «We wanted to make a wine that wasn´t too heavy, too sweet, too flowery, but one that had Mencía´s fruitiness, with presence in the mouth, a more intense colour and similar characteristics to a white in terms of its being refreshing, thanks to the fruit and its acidity.» As a result, he said, a rosé has been achieved that faithfully reproduces the Mencía grape, with hints of red and purple fruits. But it´s also a wine with body and acidity.

Marqués said that the wine is also ideal for accompanying many dishes where the combinations often aren´t to everyone´s taste, such as vegetables, salads, conserves, fresh cheeses and rice dishes.

Tres Obispos is mainly intended for export.

It has already been very well received in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK

Pittacum barrica and Pittacum áurea

Besides Tres Obispos, Pittacum continues its market presence with Pittacum Barrica, a 100% Mencía wine, made from a blend of grapes from completely different areas which is matured for six months in French- and American-oak vats. Every year the winery replaces a third of the casks it uses. This wine has won prizes this year at the Decanter World Awards in London, the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in Rochester, New York, the Wine Masters Challenge in Estoril, Portugal, and the 2008 Selection event in Palma, Majorca.

Pittacum Áurea, another 100% Mencía wine, is made only from grapes from a vineyard that is over 70 years old. It is aged for 14 months in the finest French-oak casks, all of which are renewed every year.

Pittacum conquers Asia

Pittacum opened the doors of their winery to the media in the middle of the grape-picking season. The firm´s chairman, José María Fonseca, and managing director, Enrique Costas, announced that 2008 has seen the winery conquer eight Asian countries, with their products now being sold in China, Japan, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. The winery also plans to launch in the Philippines and Malaysia.

Meanwhile, Pittacum has also increased its presence on the North American market, thanks to a distribution agreement with A.V. Branels of the Codorniu group, and entry into the Canadian market via the SAQ and LCBO monopolies.

Pittacum has also begun to export its wines to Cuba and consolidated its presence in the UK and Switzerland.

10.12 M euros in sales

The overall turnover of the group, which is made up of Bodegas Terras Gauda, Bodegas Pittacum and the vegetable-canning firm A Rosaleira, was 10.12 million euros in 2007. The total profit reported was 1.16 million euros. The group has 80 employees.

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Media: El Norte de Castilla
Section: Castilla y León
Date: 27/09/08

Pittacum presents its new Tres Obispos wine

On Thursday, Bodegas Pittacum, accredited under the Bierzo designation of origin, launched the initial production of its new wine, the rosé Tres Obispos, which is sold in 20 international markets together with the 100% Mencía-based Pittacum Barrica and Pittacum Áurea. Pittacum, which has been a member of the Terras Gauda group since 2002, has further strengthened its position in such countries as the United States and Canada.

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Media: El Mundo de Castilla y León
Section: La Posada
Date: 02/10/08

PITTACUM LAUNCHES ITS NEW MENCÍA WINE AND LOOKS TOWARDS ASIA

This week the Bierzo winery Pittacum, based in Arganda (León), launched a new wine, the rosé Tres Obispos. A total production of 10,000 bottles is planned for this Mencía wine, which recently won a gold medal at the New Wines 2008 awards. The winery also announced that it has now penetrated the Asian market, with exports to China, Japan, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, with plans to launch soon in the Philippines and Malaysia. The winery has also strengthened its presence in the US and Canadian markets recently, and also started to export its products to Cuba. This expansion comes in addition to consolidating its presence in its major foreign markets, the UK and Switzerland.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: Gastronomía | Revista Food | Magazine
Date: 1/06/08

El Bierzo's wines on the Marco Polo road

El Bierzo's wines continue to surprise us. News has just come in of the success that the winery Pittacum has been having in the Far East. The firm's participation at the Vinexpo International Wine Fair in Hong Kong has given a major boost to their expansion in Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia, where the winery's products have been doing very well indeed.

Pittacum Barrica 2005 Bodegas Pittacum, which has been owned by Bodegas Terras Gauda since 2002, is now present in 20 international markets, having increased its export sales by 18% last year.

In 2007 the wine group reached global-distribution agreements in Canada to penetrate the SAQ and LCBO monopolies with its wines Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and Tres Obispos, which have been received very positively.

The Canadian wine expert Michel Phaneuf has noted the aromatic profile and magnificent flavour of El Bierzo's wines.

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum's philosophy is a clear one: to create wines with personality that are unique yet uphold the character of mencía grapes and the area and climate where they are grown.

Personality, regularity and quality are the three key factors that define the winery's commitment, and the vineyard's productivity is a key factor in achieving them.

The winery has chosen only vines that are 50 to 80 years old, growing in poor soils with satisfactory yields. Tending operations such as pruning, lead removal and bunch cleaning allows the winery to maintain an ideal microclimate for each plant to encourage ripening.

Pittacum has been experimenting with oak from different sources and with different toasting levels for its casks to optimise the results for each type of wine produced. Once the wine has been made it is clarified with egg white and then undergoes coarse filtration, before being bottled and taken for maturing.

The overall turnover of the group, which employs 80 professionals and consists of Bodegas Terras Gauda, Bodegas Pittacum and the vegetable canning firm A Rosaleira, was 10.12 million euros.

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Media: Diario de León
Section: Reportajes Feature
Date: 27/05/08

Mencía wine in the Far East

Pittacum set to conquer the «Asian tigers»

The wines made by the Arganda-based winery, a member of the Terras Gauda group, presented with a fanfare at the Vinexpo International Fair in Hong Kong.

Pittacum Barrica 2005 R.Arias PONFERRADA
El Bierzo's quality wines have been coming to the world's attention. It's no longer a surprise to find them on the menu of a luxury restaurant in almost any far-flung corner of the globe. But until now Asia has proved to be a particularly distant and difficult nut to crack.

To bring it closer, Bodegas Pittacum are presenting their flagship wines at the Vinexpo International Fair in Hong Kong. Pittacum Barrica, Aurea and Tres Obispos are being presented by the delegation from Terras Gauda, the group to which the Arganda-based winery belongs, as part of its drive to win over consumers in the countries known as the "Asian tigers" because of their booming economies, including South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.

At Vinexpo the mencía-based wines have been extremely well received, according to sources at Terras Gauda's sales department. The Galician firm is pleased with Pittacum's recent performance in such markets as China, Japan and Laos.

But the challenge now is to continue to expand in the Far East, making the most of the excellent opportunities for growth in Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Pittacum, owned by Terras Gauda since 2002, is currently present on 20 international markets. Last year its export sales grew by 18%. In Canada, for example, the firm has managed to penetrate key beverage monopolies and such products as Pittacum Barrica 2004 have drawn the attention of the most demanding wine critics.

The Terras Gauda group, best known for its albariño-based wines, reported a turnover of 10.2 million euros last year.

Having conquered China, Japan and Laos, the challenge now is to penetrate Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

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Media: ep europa press
Section: Economía/Empresas Finance/Business
Date: 26/05/08

Bodegas Pittacum enters China, Japan and Laos and announces its arrival in a further six Asian countries

LEÓN, 26 May. (EUROPA PREES) -
Bodegas Pittacum, based in the district of El Bierzo in León province, has penetrated three new markets in Asia (China, Japan and Laos) and has plans to move into a further six in the region (Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia), the winery announced today.

Coinciding with Bodegas Pittacum's expansion on the Asian market, the winery's products "have surprised people in a very positive way" during their presentation at the Vinexpo International Fair in Hong Kong.

Bodegas Pittacum has been a member of the Terras Gauda group since 2002 and is now present in over 20 international markets. Last year its export sales grew by 18 per cent.

In 2007 the wine group reached new global-distribution agreements for Canada and manager to enter the SAQ and LCBO monopolies, "where Bodegas Pittacum's wines (Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Aurea and Tres Obispos) have been very well received".

The total turnover of the group, which is made up of Bodegas Terras Gauda, Bodegas Pittacum and the vegetable-canning firm A Rosaleira, was 10.12 million euros last year, achieved by a team of 80 employees. Total profits were 1.165 million euros.

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Media: elEconomista.es
Section: Economía/Empresas Finance/Business
Date: 26/05/08

Bodegas Pittacum entra en China, Japón y Laos y anuncia su desembarco en otros seis países asiáticos

Bodegas Pittacum has been a member of the Terras Gauda group since 2002 and is now present in over 20 international markets. Last year its export sales grew by 18 per cent.

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Media: ABC
Section: Galicia
Date: 20/07/07

Pittacum Aurea 2004, by Terras Gauda, the best red wine from Castile and Leon

Bodegas Pittacum, which has been owned by Bodegas Terras Gauda since 2002, continues to win plaudits for its wines. Pittacum Aurea 2004 was awarded the highest score (91%) of all the Castile and Leon designations of origin at the 19 blind-tasting sessions at the "Annual Wine-Tasting Competition".

At the event, organised by the Salamanca-based Asociación Enológica de Cata Añada, Mencía de Pago competed against 57 wines from various Spanish designations of origin, including all five from Castile and Leon (Bierzo, Ribera de Duero, Toro, Cigales and Rueda). The prize-giving ceremony will be held on 29 September.

Pittacum Aurea 2004

Bodegas Pittacum, based in Arganza, markets wines made with 100% Mencía grapes: Pittacum Barrica, which is matured in oak vats for six months; and Pittacum Aurea, its flagship wine, which spends fourteen months in vats made of the finest French oak. The winery uses only vine stock that is 50 to 80 years old for its grapes.

In 2006, Pittacum increased its total sales by 175%, while exports also grew significantly, now accounting for 25% of all sales. The winery has successfully entered markets in Finland, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, and has reached new distribution agreements for Germany and the United States, bringing the total number of international markets where it is present to 20.

Since last year Pittacum Barrica and Aurea have been available at leading stores in Switzerland, Mexico and Germany. Pittacum Barrica was also chosen as the best Bierzo by the Belgian Vino Magazine.

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Media: FARO DE VIGO
Section: Economía Finance
Date: 20/07/07

Pittacum Aurea 2004 obtains the highest score for a crianza red wine

Pittacum Aurea 2004 (Bierzo designation of origin), by Bodegas Terras Gauda, obtained the highest store of all the crianza red wines from the Castile and Leon designations at the 19 blind-tasting sessions held at the "Annual Wine-Tasting Competition".

Bodegas Pittacum, which has been owned by Bodegas Terras Gauda since 2002, continues to win plaudits for its wines. At the event, organised by the Salamanca-based Asociación Enológica de Cata Añada, Bodegas Pittacum´s Mencía de Pago competed against 57 other wines from designations all over Spain, including all five from Castile and Leon (Bierzo, Ribera de Duero, Toro, Cigales and Rueda).

The Arganda-based winery markets the 100% Mencía-based Pittacum Barrica, which is matured in oak for six months, and Pittacum Aurea, its flagship wine, which spends 14 months in vats of the finest French oak. To make its wines, the winery uses only grapes from vine stock that is 50 to 80 years old.

Pittacum´s total sales increased by 175% in 2006, with exports now accounting for 25% of all sales.

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Media: LA REGIÓN
Section: Economía Finance
Date: 20/07/07

"Pittacum Aurea 2004", de Adegas Terras Gauda, mellor viño tinto con crianza de Castela e León

O "Pittacum Aurea 2004" (Denominación de Orixe Bierzo), de Adegas Terras Gauda, obtivo a puntuación máis alta dos viños tintos con crianza de todas as denominacións de Castela e León nas 19 sesións de cata cega realizadas no Concurso Anual de Cata de Viños. Adegas Pittacum, que desde o 2002 pertence a Adegas Terras Gauda, continúa obtendo o recoñocemento dos seus viños. No certame, organizado pola Asociación Enolóxica de Cata Engada con sede en Salamanca, o Mencía de Pago de Adegas Pittacum (D.O. Bierzo) competiu con 57 viños de diferentes denominacións de orixe de España e todas as denominacións de Castela e León (Bierzo, Ribera de Douro, Touro, Cigales e Roda). O próximo 29 de setembro terá lugar a entrega dos premios.

"Pittacum Aurea 2004", de Bodegas Terras Gauda, the best red wine from Castile and Leon

"Pittacum Aurea 2004" (with the Bierzo Assignation of Origin) by Bodegas Terras Gauda was awarded the highest score for crianza (matured) red wines from all designations in Castile and León at the 19 blind-tasting sessions held at the Annual Wine-Tasting Competition. Bodegas Pittacum, which has been owned by Bodegas Terras Gauda since 2002, continues to receive plaudits for its wines. At the event, which was organised by the Salamanca-based Asociación Enológica de Cata Añada, the Mencía wine Pago de Adegas Pittacum (with the Bierzo Assignation of Origin) was competing with 57 wines from various other designations in Spain and all five in Castile and Leon (Bierzo, Ribera de Duero, Toro, Cigales and Rueda). The prize-giving ceremony will be held on 29 September.

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Media: DIARIO DE LEÓN
Section: Bierzo
Date: 19/07/07

FEATURE | A MENCÍA WINE TO SHOW OFF WITH

Pittacum Aurea 2004 Pittacum wins in Castile and Leon

El Pittacum Aurea 2004 wins recognition as the best crianza red wine of all the designations of origin in the region at the Annual Wine-Tasting Competition

Bodegas Pittacum has raised the flag of the Bierzo designation of origin to the highest point in all of Castile and Leon. Its Pittacum Aurea 2004 was the winner at the Annual Winet-Tasting Competition where the Arganza-based winery´s product was awarded the highest store in close competition with 57 other crianza (matured) wines not only from the Bierzo designation, but also from the mighty Ribera de Duero, Toro, Cigales and Rueda.

The winery´s Aurea 2004 scored 91% over a total of 19 blind-tasting sessions. The event, organised by Salamanca-based Asociación Enológica de Cata Añada, will award the prizes at a ceremony to be held on 29 September.

Bodegas Pittacum, which belongs to the Galicia-based Terras Gauda group markets another crianza red as well as the flagship Aurea: Pittacum Barrica, which is matured in oak vats for six months

Aurea spends 14 months maturing in vats made of the finest French oak, using only grapes from vine stock that is between 50 and 80 years old. Last year Bodegas Pittacum increased its total sales by 175%, with exports also growing significantly, now accounting for one quarter of all sales, according to the company.

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Media: EL PROGRESO
Date: 19/07/07

One of Terras Gauda´s red wines obtains the highest score in Castile and Leon

Pittacum Aurea 2004 (Bierzo designation of origin), by Bodegas Terras Gauda, obtained the highest score of all the crianza (matured) red wines from the Castile and Leon designations at the 19 sessions of blind tasting at the Annual Wine-Tasting Competition.

Bodegas Pittacum has belonged to Bodegas Terras Gauda since 2002. At the event, organised by the Salamanca-based Asociación Enológica de Cata Añada, Bodegas Pittacum´s Mencía de Pago (Bierzo designation of origin) competed against 57 other wines from all over Spain, including the all five Castile and Leon designations (Bierzo, Ribera de Duero, Toro, Cigales and Rueda). The award-giving ceremony will be held on 29 September.

Bodegas Pittacum, which is based in Arganza, markets the 100% Mencía-based wines Pittacum Barrica, which is matured in oak for 6 months; and Pittacum Aurea, its flagship wine, which spends 14 months in vats of the finest French oak. To make its wines, Bodegas Pittacum selects only grapes from vine stock that is 50 to 80 years old.

In 2006, the winery increased its total sales by 175%, while exports also grew significantly, now standing at 25% of all sales. The winery has been launched successfully in Finland, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, and new distribution agreements have been reached in Germany and the United States, bringing the total number of international markets where it is present to 20.

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Media: DIARIO DE PONTEVEDRA
Section: Sociedad Society
Date: 19/07/07

Pittacum Aurea, the best crianza red wine

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Media: EL CORREO GALLEGO
Section: Sociedad Society
Date: 19/07/07

Pittacum Aurea 2004 chosen as best crianza red wine in Castile and Leon

Bodegas Tierras Gauda´s wine from the Bierzo designation of origin competed against 57 others

The Arganza-based winery Bodegas Pittacum markets the 100% Mencía-based wines Pittacum Barrica, which is matured in oak for six months, and Pittacum Aurea, its flagship wine, which spends 14 months in vats made of the finest French oak. To make its wines, Bodegas Pittacum selects only grapes from vine stock that is between 50 and 80 years old.

In 2006, the winery increased its sales by 175%, while exports also grew significantly.

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Media: GALICIA HOXE
Section: Galicia
Date: 19/07/07

O tinto de Terras Gauda triunfa en Castela-León

O Pittacum 2004 é o mellor viño

Bodegas Terras Gauda continúa colleitando éxitos e se os brancos triunfan, tamén os tintos recollen recoñecementos. Nesta ocasión, o Pittacum-Aurea 2004, da Denominación de Orixe do Bierzo, obtivo a puntuación máis alta, 91 de cen, dos escuros con crianza de todas as DO de Castela e León nas 19 sesión de cata cega realizadas no concurso anual de Cata de Viños.

No certame, organizado pola Asociación Enolóxica de Cata Añada con sede en Salamanca, o Mencía de Pago de Bodegas Pittacum competiu con 57 viños de diferentes denominacións de orixe de España e todas as castelán-leonesas (Bierzo, Ribera del Duero, Toro, Cigales e Rueda).

Estas adegas, con sede en Arganza, comercializan os viños 100% Mencía Pittacum Barrica, que repousa seis meses, e Pittacum Aurea, o seu viño de pago, que reposa catorce meses nas mellores barricas de carballo francés.

No 2006, esta marca incrementou o seu volume de vendas nun 175%, mentres que as exportacións tamén aumentaron significativamente acadando o 25% do total das vendas e introduciuse en lugares tan afastados como Taiwán.

Terras Gauda´s red is a winner in Castile and Leon

Pittacum 2004, the best wine

Bodegas Terras Gauda continues to reap success after success, and not only with their white wines – their reds are also becoming increasingly valued. This time, Pittacum-Aurea 2004 (Bierzo Assignation of Origin), received the highest score – 91% – in the category of crianza (matured) reds, competing against all the designations from Castile and Leon at the 19 blind-tasting sessions held at the annual wine-tasting contest.

At the event, organised by the Salamanca-based Asociación Enológica de Cata Añada, Bodegas Pittacum´s Mencía del Pago competed against 57 other wines from various designations in Spain and all five of those in Castle and Leon (Bierzo, Ribera del Duero, Toro, Cigales and Rueda).

The Arganda-based winery markets wines made with 100% Mencía grapes: Pittacum Barrica, which is matured in oak for six months, and Pittacum Aurea, their flagship wine, which is matured for fourteen months in vats of the finest French oak.

In 2006 the brand increased its total sales by 175%, while exports also grew significantly, now accounting for 25% of all sales, reaching places as far away as Taiwan.

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Media: LA RAZÓN
Section: Magazine Carácter (Character Magazine)
Date: Primavera 2007

Pittacum 2004

Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum

Bierzo D.O.

A young yet cask-matured wine, made from robust mencía grapes. An intense cherry-red colour, with cardinal edges, highly complex in the nose, although bright and confidently expressed. Aromas of menthol and fruits of the forest, enters with full flavour and elegance, with the wood well integrated. An aftertaste charged with fruit makes it an effective accompaniment for pork and beef dishes, cheeses and stews.

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Media: EL VOCERO (Puerto Rico)
Seccion: Noticias (News)
Date: 11/04/07

Terras Gauda white and Pittacum red are winners

Abadía de San Campio 2006 has won the Gold Medal at the Wine Masters Challenge in Estoril (Portugal), an event at which another wine made by Bodegas TERRAS GAUDA, Pittacun Barrica 2004 (El Bierzo D.O.) won the Silver Medal.

The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon.

Bodegas Terras Gauda continues to win international awards for its wines. Abadía de San Campio 2006 was recently voted “Wine of the Year” by the World Wines and Spirits Journalists and Writers Association. This prestigious organisation included Terras Gauda´s single-variety albariño-based wine among the world´s best 100, ranking it at No. 12.

The 2005 vintage of Abadía de San Campio has won, among other awards, four gold medals at the Challenge International du Vin 2006 (Bordeaux), III Concurso Internacional de Vinhos do Brasil, 6º Concurso Internacional de Vinos "La Mujer Elige" (Argentina) and Concurso Internacional Panamá Vinos 2006.

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Media: CORREO DEL CARONÍ (Venezuela)
Section: Empresarial (Business)
Date: 2/04/07

The Spanish winery Terras Gauda wins two more international awards

Abadía de San Campio 2006 and Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Spanish winery Terras Gauda, have both won medals at the Wine Masters Challenge 2007 in Portugal

Abadía de San Campio 2006 won the gold medal at the Wine Masters Challenge in Estoril (Portugal), while another Terras Gauda wine, Pittacum Barrica 2004 (El Bierzo D.O.), was awarded the silver medal at the same event.

Wine Masters Challenge 2007 The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon.

Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Bierzo-based winery Terras Gauda, adds this award to its recent success in the World Selections in Canada.

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Media: ABC
Section: Galicia
Date: 1/04/07

Terras Gauda wins two more international awards

Abadía de San Campio 2006 has won the Gold Medal at the Wine Masters Challenge in Estoril (Portugal), an event at which another wine made by Bodegas TERRAS GAUDA, Pittacum Barrica 2004 (El Bierzo D.O.) won the Silver Medal. The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon.

The 2005 vintage of Abadía de San Campio has won, among other awards, four gold medals at the Challenge International du Vin 2006 in Bordeaux, III Concurso Internacional de Vinhos do Brasil, 6º Concurso Internacional de Vinos "La Mujer Elige" in Argentina and Concurso Internacional Panamá Vinos 2006.

Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by Terras Gauda´s winery in El Bierzo, adds this award to its recent success at the World Selections in Canada.

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Media: EL CORREO GALLEGO
Section: Sociedad (Society)
Date: 1/04/07

Two new international awards for Bodegas Terras Gauda

WINES> Abadía de San Campio 2006 and Pittacum Barrica 2004 win gold and silver in Portugal

Pittacum Barrica 2004 Bodegas Terras Gauda continues to win international awards for its wines. Abadía de San Campio 2006 was recently voted “Wine of the Year” by the World Wines and Spirits Journalists and Writers Association.

This prestigious organisation included Terras Gauda´s single-variety albariño-based wine among the world´s best 100, ranking it at No. 12. Prestigious wines from such countries as Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon also took part in the Wine Masters Challenge 2007 event in Portugal.

This albariño-based wine is crystalline in the glass, with an intense lemon-yellow colour. It is complex and seductive in the nose, marked by intense citrus aromas (mandarin and grapefruit), echoes of ripe pineapple backed with fresh balsamic moments.

Pittacum Barrica 2004 adds the prize won in Estoril to its recent success at the World Selections in Canada.

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Media: LA REGIÓN
Section: Economía (Economy)
Date: 1/04/07

Terras Gauda wines win awards in Portugal

Bodegas Terras Gauda has won two international awards for its wines Abadía de San Campio and Pittacum Barrica. The former won the gold medal at the Wine Master Challenge in Estoril, Portugal, while Pittacum Barrica (El Bierzo D.O.) was awarded the silver. The gold-medal-winning wine has won several other international accolades, such as being voted “Wine of the Year” by the World Wine and Spirits Journalists and Writers Association.

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Media: EL MUNDO/LA CRÓNICA DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 30/03/07

Pittacum Barrica 2004, silver medal at Wine Masters 2007

Silver Medal Pittacum Barrica 2004 Bodegas Terras Gauda won two medals at the Wine Masters Challenge 2007, held in Estoril. The two prize-winning wines were Pittacum Barrica 2004 (Bierzo D.O.), which won the silver medal, and the albariño-based Abadía de San Campio 2006 (Rías Baixas D.O.), which won the gold medal.

The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon. This award follows recent success at the World Selections in Canada. Bodegas Pittacum, which has been owned by Bodegas Terras Gauda since 2002, markets the mencía-based Pittacum Barrica and Pittacum Aurea, its flagship wine. Pittacum Barrica is the only wine the firm enters for competitions.

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Media: DIARIO DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 30/03/07

Silver for Pittacum

When it comes to winning awards, the most successful wine in the . Bierzo D.O. has been Pittacum Barrica 2004. The wine, made by Terras Gauda in Arganza, won a silver medal. Terras Gauda also won the gold with its albariño-based Abadía de San Campo 2006.

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Media: LA JORNADA (Nicaragua)
Section: Empresas (Business)
Date: 30/03/2007

The Spanish winery Terras Gauda wins two more international awards

Abadía de San Campio 2006 and Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Spanish winery Terras Gauda, have both won medals at the Wine Masters Challenge 2007 in Portugal

Pittacum Barrica 2004 and Abadía de San Campio 2006 The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon.

Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Bierzo-based winery Terras Gauda, adds this award to its recent success in the World Selections in Canada.

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Media: FARO DE VIGO
Section: Sociedad y Cultura (Society and Culture)
Date: 30/03/07

Wine

Terras Gauda wins two more international awards

Abadía de San Campio 2006, by Bodegas Terras Gauda, and Pittacum Barrica 2004, by its winery in El Bierzo, have won the gold and silver medals, respectively, at the Wine Master Challenge 2007 event in Portugal. These awards join many others won by Bodegas Terras Gauda in other international competitions.

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Media: EL COLOMBIANO (Colombia)
Section: Alimentos&Bebidas (Food&Drink)
Date: 29/03/07

The Spanish winery Terras Gauda wins two more international awards

Abadía de San Campio 2006 and Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Spanish winery Terras Gauda, have both won medals at the Wine Masters Challenge 2007 in Portugal

The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon.

Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Bierzo-based winery Terras Gauda, adds this award to its recent success in the World Selections in Canada.

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Media: GUÍA PLAZA (Latin America)
Section: Notas de Prensa (Press releases)
Date: 29/03/07

The Spanish winery TERRAS GAUDA wins two international awards

Abadía de San Campio 2006 and Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Spanish winery Terras Gauda, have both won medals at the Wine Masters Challenge 2007 in Portugal

Pittacum Barrica 2004 and Abadía de San Campio 2006

The Terras Gauda wines were competing against high-quality entries from all over the world, including Italy, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the Lebanon.

Pittacum Barrica 2004, made by the Bierzo-based winery Terras Gauda, adds this award to its recent success in the World Selections in Canada.

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Media: EL MUNDO / LA CRÓNICA DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 23/04/06

Bodegas Pittacum, to Conquer Holland and Mexico

Wines from Bodegas Pittacum in Arganza del Bierzo just disembarked in Holland and Mexico to compete in these demanding markets. They did so, backed by the special mention received in the XIV Concurso Enológico Internacional Vinitaly, inaugurated in Verona on 6 April.

The triumphant wine was the Pittacum Barrica 2003, which has already won five gold medals last year in important international contests. In order to receive the Honourable Mention of Vinitaly, Pittacum Barrica had to compete with wines from France, Chile and Germany.

Vineyards and Bodegas Pittacum, which joined the Terras Gauda Group in 2002, of the Rías Baixas Denomination of Origin wine, whose headquarters are in O Rosal, already exports their wines to the US, UJ, Belgium and Canada, where they intend to increase their presence. They have taken advantage of the good run on its Mencía Pittacum Barrica and its estate wine, Pittacum Áurea, in order to re-introduce its products into the Swiss market after reaching an agreement with one of the major wine clubs in the country.

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Media: LA RAZÓN
Section: A tu salud
Date: 23/04/06

Pittacum Barrica 2003; a red wine with all the essential flavour of El Bierzo

The district of El Bierzo in the provinced of Leon has always been a land of wines, but until just a few years ago, these were completely unknow for most people living outside the province. However, thanks to de dedication of winery-owners such as José María Fonseca, president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, it has been possible to make wines from the Mencía vine variety, wich bears the hallmark of their own excellent personality, without losing the characteristic note of the area.

This is the case of Pittacum Barrica 2003, a red wine that is especially recommended for all those who want to "find out" what a good "Bierzo" is like. The producticity and age of the wine are key factors in achieving a quality wine. The Terras Gauda El Bierzo vineyards only use old vines, aged between 50 and 80 years, which grow on their own land, and in the correct production quantities.

Purple in colour, with a deep mauve edge, the drops are colourful and dense. The wine is densely covered, and is a very fruity wine, with notes that are reminiscent of ripened, black fruits, strawberry jam and black cherries. Its aromas are the result of the aging of the wine on lees, and extended to include others the tosasted and high-quality wood. Soft, meaty and ripe in the mouth, with an important sweet, ripe, pleasant tannin base, followed by a great burst of sweetness. Its aftertaste is very complex, and varied, with the reappearance of elegant toasted hints, vanilla notes, the quality of wich blend perfectly with the fresh taste of the fruit.

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Media: EL PAÍS
Section: El Viajero
Date: 22/04/06

Mencía Creation

The area of El Bierzo is crossed by the river Sil, which has been famous since ancient times for the gold that is found in its sands. The vines grown here are as old as the landscape, and possibly just as old as the gold in the sandstone hills. Today, however, its treasure is the red wine that comes from the Mencía grape, a hitherto scorned variety. Many reputed wineries have flourished around the attraction of this new source of wealth, one of wich is Pittacum, owned by the Terras Gauda Group. The winery is not new to the business, but has found it difficult to attain the standard of quality required of its excellent ancient vineyards.

This Pittacum Áurea 2003 has the right concentration, but is somewhat thinner, with a more agile body and a note of wood thas is still difficult to determine, and with a better elaboration that in previous years. Its aroma is a profuse explosion of fruity notes with a taste of well-ripened grapes, and reminiscent of fruits of the forest with a hint of minerals and the clear presence of oak mingled and toasted hints. The fruity impact is reproduced more densely and freshly in the mouth, where the succulent tannis have a certain harshness at first, needing time to sweeten. The final aftertaste is that of a great wine, evoking and inciting.

Pittacum Áurea 2003
Viñedos y Bodegas Pittacum. Arganza (León)
Telephone: + 0034 987 548054
Denomination of Origin.: Bierzo
Type: Red reserva, 13,5%
Vine variety: Mencía
To be consumed preferably: within a medium term
Serving temperature: 18º
Price: 22 euros
Rating: 9/10

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Media: GALICIA HOXE
Section: Vivir > Galicia
Date: 22/04/06

O viño Pittacum olla ó mercado de México e Holanda

A adega de Terras Gauda da Denominación de Orixe do Bierzo, Pittacum, que obtivo nesta semana dous galardóns internacionais en Eslovaqui e Italia, olla agora cara novos mercados. Recentemente, introduciuse con éxito en Holanda e México e logrou incrementar notablemente a súa presenza en Estados Unidos, Bélxica e Canadá, ós que xa exportaba caldos.

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The Pittacum wines, on sale in Mexico and the Netherlands

The Terras Gauda Bierzo Denomination of Origin wine, Pittacum, which won two international prizes this week in Slovakia and Italy, is searching for new markets. It was recently sucessfully launched in the Netherlands and Mexico, and has managed to considerably increase its presence in the US, Belgium and Canada, where its wine were already exported.

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Media: ABC
Section: Galicia
Date: 21/04/06

Bodegas PITTACUM continues its expansion in the Netherlands and Mexico

The opening up of new international markets coincides with winning a new award in the 14^th Internazionale-Vinitaly Competition

Bodegas Pittacum, which produces the Terras Gauda Bierzo Denomination of Origin wines, continues to win international acclaim for its wines. The latest prize for the Pittacum Barrica 2003 Wine was awarded during the 14^th Internazionale-Vinataly Wine Compettion, where it won a Gran Menzione. This award is in addition to the five gold medals obtained by Pittacum Barrica Wines last year in many important international competitions.

Prestigious wines from countries such as France, Chile or Germany participated in the Italian competition, which was held recently in Verona. This new award coincides with the Winery's expasion in new international markets. Recently, Bodegas Pittacum has successfully penetrated the demanding markets of the Netherlands and Mexico, ahd has achieved a significant increase in market presence in the US, Belgium and Canada, countries to which its wines are already exported.

In addition, it has also managed to re-enter the Swiss market, after reaching an agreement with one of the most important wine clubs in that country.

Bodegas Pittacum, which joined Bodegas Terras GAuda in 2002, sells the Mencía Pittacum Barrica and Pittacum Áurea Wines, the Winery's most select wines.

Bodegas Pittacum. In the short space of just a few years this winery has become one of the most representative wineries of the New Bierzo wines. It offers modern wines with a good price/quality ratio, using cutting-edge technology, the finest Mencía grapes and the best casks. Since 2002, it is part of the Terras Gauda Group, whose headquarters are in O Rosal, DO Rías Baixas.

Country: Spain
Region: Castilla y León (Bierzo)
Adress: Calle de la Iglesia, 11 - ES-22436 Arganza del Bierzo (León)
Telephone: +0034 987 548054
Fax: +0034 987 548054
E-mail: pittacum@pittacum.com
Website: www.pittacum.com
Wines: Pittacum Barrica, Pittacum Áurea

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Media: DIARIO DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 21/04/06

"PITTACUM"wins the grand prix in the international wine competition of Verona

Bodegas Pittacum, which forms part of the well-known Galician group Terras Gauda, has been awarded an important international prize at the "14^th Concorso Internazionale-Vinataly".

Pittacum Barrica 2003 wine was awarded the "Gran Menzione" aat the competition, which was held recently in the city of Verona.

The latest award is in addition to the five gold medals awarded to the Pittacum Barrica wines last year in the same number of international competitions. In the Italian competition, this Bierzo red wine competed with reputed wines from countries with great tradition, including France, Chile or Germany, as well as Italy.

In Mexico and the Netherlands
According to the comments made yesterday by the Winery's management, based in Arganza, the Italian prize has reinforced the penetration of their wines into international markets. Pittacum has recently penetrated such demanding markets as the Netherlands and Mexico, and has achieved an important increase in penetration in the US, UK, Belgium and Canada, countries to which its wines were already exported. Furthermore, it has re-entered the Swiss market after reaching an agreement with one of the most important wine clubs in the country.

Bodegas Pittacum joined the Galician group Terras Gauda in 2002. This group is known mainly for its excellent Albariño wines. In addition to Pittacum Barrica, it also markets Pittacum Áurea, its most select wine.

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Media: DIARIO DE PONTEVEDRA
Section: Economía & Mar
Date: 21/04/06

Terras Gauda exports its red wine to the Netherlands and Mexico

The Galician wine-producer Terras GAuda has commenced the marketing of its Bierzo Denomination of Origin red wine in the Netherlands and Mexico. Pittacum sales in both theses contries started when its "Barrica" variety was awarded a "Gran Menzione" at the 14^th Concorso Enologico Internazionale-Vinataly.

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Media: EXPANSIÓN
Section: Galicia
Date: 21/04/06

BODEGAS PITTACUM
Has started selling its Bierzo wines in the Netherlands and Mexico

Bodegas Pittacum, which produces Bierzo Denomination of Origin wines, and is owned by the Terras Gauda Group, has succeeded in marketing its wines in the Netherlands and Mexico. Sales of Terras Gauda red wines have also increased in the US, UK, Belgium and Canada, and are once again now available in Switzerland, following the signing of an agreement with one of the most important wine clubs in the country. One of this wines, the Pittacum Barrica 2003 was awarded a Gran Menzione at the 14^th Concorso Internazionale-Vinataly competition held in Verona. Last year the Winery was awarded five gold medals in different international competitions.

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Media: LA REGIÓN
Section: Economía
Date: 21/04/06

PITTACUM consegue un novo premio internacional

O caldo Pittacum Barrica 2003, da adega Terras Gauda da denominación de orixe do Bierzo, vén de acadar unha "Grande Mención" no XIV Concorso Enológico Internazionale-Vinataly. Este novo recoñecemento coincide coa apertura de novos mercados internacionais para este vino en países como Holanda e México.

PITTACUM wins another international prize

The Pittacum Barrica 2003, produced by the Terras Gauda Bierzo Denomination of Origin Winery, has won a "Special Mention" at the 14^th Concorso Internazionale-Vinataly Competition. This new award coincides with the opening up of new international markets for this wine in countries such as the Netherlands and Mexico.

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Media: LA GACETA DE LOS NEGOCIOS
Section: Sectors
Date: 15/04/05

TERRAS GAUDA TO INVEST €180,000 IN EL BIERZO

The Galician winery, accredited by the Rías Baixas designation of origin, acquired Pittacum in 2002 and no markets wines from El Bierzo aged for 6 or 14 months

PITTACUM, the Terras Gauda winery based in El Bierzo, plans to invest 180,000 euros in the short term, according to the company´s chairman, José María Fonseca.

PITTACUM, which took its name from the Roman clay jars that were used as units of measurement, is located in Arganza, in the district of El Bierzo, in the province of León. It has 22 hectares of vineyards, 7 hectares of which is the winery´s own land, stocked with 70- to 80-year-old Mencía vines. The plantation is a high-density operation but with a low rate of production per vine (only 1.5 kilos of grapes). The winery, which is now beginning to launch the wine made from the 2003 harvest, produces 120,000 bottles under the Pittacum and Pittacum Aurea brands, which are aged for 6 and 14 months, respectively, in American- and French-oak casks.

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Media: EL ADELANTO DE SALAMANCA
Section: Countryside
Date: 12/04/05

BODEGAS PITTACUM GAINS MARKET SHARE

Bodegas PITTACUM, whose wines are accredited by the El Bierzo designation of origin, increased its market share both in Spain and abroad in 2004. The Arganda-based winery allotted 15 per cent of its production to exports, mostly to the USA States, the UK and Norway.

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Media: DIARIO DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 9/04/05

TERRAS GAUDA´S PRIDE IN EL BIERZO

The classic Galician firm shows off the success story of Pittacum, the Arganda-based winery in its stable, recently selected by the Norwegian wine monopoly

The 2003 wine, the five medals in recent international competitions, and now the selection by the Norwegian wine monopoly were used yesterday by the Galician firm Terras Gauda to make public its firm belief in its El Bierzo business, the PITTACUM winery.

The chairman of the company, whose headquarters are in O Rosal, José María Fonseca, and the company´s key executives showed the Spanish trade press and local media around Pittacum´s facilities in Arganda and its latest offerings, Pittacum wine, aged in oak for 6 months, and Pittacum Aurea, aged in oak for 14 months.

Fonseca, whose firm Terras Gauda reported a turnover of 7 million euros last year and has 160 hectares of its own vineyards, highlighted the significance of the Mencía grape variety as one of the most interesting on the current market, and pointed to the firm´s Pittacum adventure as a combination of the Pontevedra firm´s philosophy of giving priority to quality above all else..

Alfredo Marqués, Pittacum´s Technical Director and, together with Andrés Camporro, one of the firm´s local partners, also stressed this concept, mentioning the variety of the soil both on the Arganda-based winery´s own 7 hectares (with vines that are between 70 and 90 years old) and on the 15 hectares of land of local winegrowers from which grapes are also obtained, in accordance with a strictly defined protocol.

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Media: EL MUNDO / LA CRÓNICA DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 9/04/05

PITTACUM ALLOTS 15% OF ITS WINE PRODUCTION TO EXPORTS

José María Fonseca, chairman of the Galician firm Terras Gauda, whose wine-making interests are closely linked to the Arganda area in El Bierzo through Bodegas Pittacum, is satisfied by the fact that there wines have been the only ones from the area selected by the Norwegian Monopoly to be marketed via de 300 points of sale in Norway.

Bodegas PITTACUM increased its market share in all the main Spanish and international markets in 2004, and the Arganda-based winery allotted 15% of its production to exports. Fonseca, who was speaking at the launch of the campaign for the firm´s 2004 wines, announced that sales of their El Bierzo wines increased by 400% in 2003 compared with the previous year, accounting for part of a turnover of 7 million euros reported by the Pontevedra based parent company, TERRAS GAUDA.

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Media: ICAL NEWS AGENCY
Section: Ponferrada – Finance/Business
Date: 8/04/05

BODEGAS PITTACUM CONSOLIDATES ITS EL BIERZO WINES ON THE INTERNACIONAL MARKET

Bodegas PITTACUM, based in Arganza (León), sold 15 per cent of its 2004 wine production on the international market, mainly in the USA and the UK, as well as in Norway, where the firm´s wines are sold through over 300 points of sale, according to an announcement made yesterday at a media lunch organised by the winery´s management.

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Media: DIARIO DE LEÓN
Section: People: El Bierzo
Date: 23/03/05

TERRAS GAUDA WINS GOLD MEDAL IN THESSALONICA WITH ITS PITTACUM WINE

The Galician wine firm TERRAS GAUDA must be feeling very pleased with the acquisition they made in El Bierzo two years ago to take control of the PITTACUM winery in Arganza. Over the last five months, the O Rosal-based company has won several gold medals at international events where Pittacum was competing as their flagship wine.

The most recent recognition for Pittacum has been awarded in Greece, where the wine won the gold medal at the Thessalonica International Wine Competition.

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Media: EL MUNDO / LA CRÓNICA DE LEÓN
Section: El Bierzo
Date: 23/03/05

PITTACUM WINS GOLD MEDAL AT THESSALONICA COMPETITION

Pittacum wine, made by Bodegas PITTACUM, has won the gold medal at the International Wine Competition held in Thessalonica (Greece). The El Bierzo wine, which is made from Mencía grapes and aged for at least six months in oak casks, was competing against prestigious wines from Italy, Mexico, Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Portugal.

This award is just the latest in a series of prizes won by the winery.

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Date: 24.09.2004

From September 3th to 9th, the 4th Panama International Wine Contest "PANAMÁMA WINES 2004" has been celebrated (www.panamavinos.com).

Our Pittacum Barrica 2002 was awarded with the GOLD MEDAL.

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Date: 13.09.2004

From September 3th to 5th the International Wine Award Mundus Vini has been celebrated in Neustadt (Germany) (www.mundus-vini.de).

Our Pittacum Barrica 2002 was awarded with the GOLD MEDAL.