Raíces Ibéricas - Master Winemakers

Master Winemakers was founded by Mark Schiettekat in 2000 from the, at the time, a novel idea of making wines tailored to consumers' wishes to control all aspects of the wine, from grape varieties to the final product, including design and pre-set pricing, in consultation with customers; to work with indigenous grape varieties in their terroirs of origin; and not to exclude the most peculiar blends, even if they don't follow the rules, because creativity should never be truncated. You don't get stars for the ingredients but for the dish!

Master Winemakers currently produces wines in Spain, France, Italy, Argentina, Chile and South Africa. They continue to look for ways to improve at all levels by continuously challenging the so-called established values. Until now, the company only focused on private labels of large, mainly European customers. From 2018 onwards, however, concepts and own brand lines are being established. The purpose is more didactic than commercial. At Master Winemakers, a fair price for grapes and respect for nature are part of the company's DNA. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that their first initiatives include organic and fair trade wines.

With the Carlos Rubén range, they want to celebrate both the Garnacha grapes and a young winemaker who, however, has already achieved a lot in his life. His passion makes him the perfect driver to transform the often unknown natural strength of Grenache grapes into pure elegance in your glass.  They sincerely hope that Carlos Rubén will open many people's eyes to Garnacha and that they can play an important role in enhancing the reputation of this very special grape variety.

Raices is a range of wines based solely on indigenous Spanish varieties. Most of these varieties are strongly connected to their particular, native region. Their intention is to bring the beautiful spectrum of Spain's often unknown grape varieties to the consumer. Raices is his ode to authentic Spanish grape varieties. Its roots run deep in the soil and history of one of Europe's oldest wine cultures.

Their mission is to produce competitive wines with the utmost respect for nature and origin. The pleasure of turning the purest fruit into the best wine. Once the farmer's hard and thankless work has resulted in the purest fruit, it is his duty to turn it into the best possible wine. Vineyards are always suitable for idyllic images, regardless of the season. In reality, one vineyard equals ten months of intensive hard work, even in bad weather. From frost and freezing winds to temperatures above 40°C. The unpredictability of nature, with long periods of drought or rain, determines everything, and a single hailstorm can destroy everything that people have worked so hard for.