Jose Maria Martinez

"Winemaking is a family tradition for me – I belong to the third generation of people dedicated to wine and our family vineyard.

We are very proud of the work that we do, and we are the first bio-climatic winery in the European Community. We constructed our winery in 1994 out of renewable sources, and we've also found new ways to minimize waste, including recycling and repurifying the water used in our cooling tanks.

Advice I would offer to other winemakers? Well, love for the wine, good grapes, total dedication, intuition and effort – oh, and love for the countryside."

A few Naked Extras about José Maria -

• His favourite wine is Pesus 2004
• His favourite season is the autumn, when he enjoys sitting amongst his vines with a bottle of his finest
• What he doesn't like about his job? The administrative work and the unpredictable weather...
• If he wasn't working as a winemaker, he can imagine himself as a forest worker – a true outdoors kind of guy!