Pere Ventura

The businessman and founder Pere Ventura

Pere Ventura is a respected businessman in the wine industry and a good example of a self-made man. He is married and has four children. He comes from a family closely linked to the wine trade and has dedicated his entire life to creating his own businesses and acquiring and increasing the value of his wineries.

Today he owns several wineries in four designations of origin, all located in Catalonia in northeastern Spain.

Pere Ventura FWE was founded in 1992 in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. Primarily sparkling wines are produced. Pere Ventura acquired the Can Bas winery in 2011 to preserve the historical legacy of one of the most important wineries in the Penedès appellation and protect it for future generations. then, in 2013, Merum Priorati was added, from the Priorat wine region.

Respect for work and sustainability at Pere Ventura

The winemakers who work in Pere Ventura 's vineyards are locals who know the land and take great effort and pride in caring for it. Their work is respected and valued above all else. All Pere Ventura estates are non-irrigated and when there is a risk of overproduction, vegetation cover is used as a self-regulating production method. There is little intervention on the vines, as Pere Ventura prefers to respect each vineyard's own ecology. The few treatments applied follow the criteria of organic farming and integrated management. Most efforts are focused on the use of preventive methods to ward off fungal diseases (mold, botrytis, etc.) and fertilizers are kept to a minimum through strict control of the use of vegetative cover crops. Pruning, leaf thinning and green pruning are carried out in all Pere Ventura vineyards. To ensure proper grape ripening, excess grapes are often pulled from the vines at the beginning of veraison (ripening). Weeds are controlled through cultural practices that avoid the use of machinery whenever possible to minimize soil compaction and gas emissions. In controlled vineyards, Pere Ventura guarantees long-term contracts to all local growers.

Other sustainability measures at Pere Ventura include:

• Consumption of fuel, water and electricity is minimized as much as possible.
• Purchases are made from local suppliers to keep transportation to a minimum, resulting in a smaller carbon footprint.
• At harvest time, grapes are hand-picked at daybreak to save energy in cooling the grapes as they are brought into the winery.
• Energy consumption is optimized as much as possible to reduce gases and CO2.
• Work is carried out according to the principle of environmental sustainability, using natural daylight to illuminate the work areas in the offices.
• Organic farming and integrated pest and disease management are practiced.
• The underground construction of most Pere Ventura wineries ensures that the wines are naturally kept at the right temperature and this also helps to avoid visual pollution of the landscape.

Facts and figures about Pere Ventura

• associated wineries: Pere Ventura, Can Bas Domini Vinicola, Merum Priorati
• grape varieties used for the production of cava and wines: 14
• Vineyard area under the supervision of Pere Ventura: 328
• Year of foundation of the oldest parcel of the Pere Ventura group: 1369