{"id":219879,"date":"2023-11-16T10:31:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/tapas-interview-antonio-vazquez-bodegas-senorio-de-nava-vile-la-finca-y-san-cobate\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:06:32","slug":"tapas-interview-antonio-vazquez-bodegas-senorio-de-nava-vile-la-finca-y-san-cobate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/en\/tapas-interview-antonio-vazquez-bodegas-senorio-de-nava-vile-la-finca-y-san-cobate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapas Interview | Antonio V\u00e1zquez (Bodegas Se\u00f1or\u00edo de Nava, VILE La Finca y San Cobate): \u201cIf it is the best wine in the world but the company is bad, you will not enjoy it\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Click here<\/a> to read the Spanish version.<\/strong>
Antonio V\u00e1zquez Mu\u00f1oz-Calero (Le\u00f3n, 1983) perfectly represents the new generation of winemakers: young people with extensive experience in the wine sector who are perfectly at ease in a world that, despite preserving many of the techniques of yesteryear and a more than evident rootedness, are constantly evolving and adapting to any change, whether unexpected and forced by nature, or the new ways of understanding wine and the world itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This connection with the present is also evident in his broad business vision. Far from being anchored in a single project, Antonio is an entrepreneur eager for new challenges. In addition to continuing with the winery he inherited from his father in 2011, Se\u00f1or\u00edo de Nava<\/a>, he also has other wineries such as San Cobate<\/a> or VILE La Finca<\/a>, several restaurants and his recent incursion into wine import agencies. Of course, all these projects have a common denominator: wine as a starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wine and business are your two passions. Are you a wine enthusiast who has made it his way of life, or a businessman who has found in wine the perfect activity?<\/strong>
Well, I can’t tell you right now if it was the chicken or the egg first. My grandfather was a great wine drinker, maybe more classic and of certain specific brands. I think my father was already a person who liked this world, and he was very open to France, mainly Bordeaux, also some Burgundy\u2026 and he started with those tastings of other wines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with me, I can’t tell you very well if it was one thing or the other. I think that wine gives you maturity and also the fact that you become interested in wine usually gives you maturity. Normally when you are 18 years old, you tend to be more interested in other types of beverages, more than wine. Because wine is something more leisurely and relaxed. Going back to the current point, I think that in the end I am a wine lover who is lucky enough to work in this sector, both in the wineries and with the import company we have (of foreign wines that we bring to Spain, mainly from France -Borgo\u00f1a- and Italy -Piamonte and Toscana-). Being in love with wine, its world and its people, it is fortunate to be able to dedicate yourself to it both at the production and import level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is the day-to-day life of a wine entrepreneur like you, who is always looking for new challenges?<\/strong>
In the end we are present in several businesses and in several sectors. On a humorous note, in the end I always say that I am a bit of “todero” (who does everything), you have to do a bit of everything and there are many days when you are traveling and away from home. You tend to get used to working wherever you can, on a train, in an airport, in a cafeteria or in a hotel, wherever you can\u2026 What moves you is the illusion. The illusion of doing new things, of improving what you are doing, of reaching the objectives set, of making sure that the teams are motivated, that things work out\u2026, regardless of the schedule, the place or the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have several wineries, you are also involved in the restaurant business and now with the new import company\u2026, any other wine-related projects in sight?<\/strong>
The most recent has been what I was telling you about just before, starting this wine agency. I think that now we have to consolidate this project, which takes a lot of work. We have to travel to foreign restaurants, talk to many governments, taste many wines, see what can be brought to Spain and what can work. Obviously, it is not an easy moment in many aspects. And I think that in the next two years, we will also have to consolidate the rest of the brands, together with this project. And, of course, we have to be aware of the continuous changes that are taking place. But we will continue to be linked in one way or another to the world of wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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