The Tale of Viña Maria

During the hot summer of 1928, the fruit from the Spanish fields produced not only the sweetest and richest fruit, but also the beginning of a beautiful love story.

A glossy haired young harvest woman called Maria was collecting the first red fruits of the season when she reached for a juicy berry and popped it quickly into her mouth. She knew it wasn’t permitted for workers to eat the fruit, but she couldn’t resist.

Since her childhood, Maria had worked the land and loved every inch of it as if it were her own. Immediately a striking man walked past and the two made eye contact. Maria knew she had been caught eating the precious fruit to which she was not permitted. She looked embarrassed and bowed at the stranger deeply to apologise to the unknown man and as she arose from her curtsy, the couple locked eyes and magic happened right then in the middle of the vineyard. The man knew she was the prettiest and most kind eyed girl he had ever seen and equally Maria just knew that this was the man of her dreams.

Suddenly more fruit arrived from the fields and the moment passed as soon as it had begun. When Maria turned back to see the man again, he was gone.Three long days past, and Maria thought about the handsome stranger day and night and wondered if and when she would see him again. Had it been simply a mirage in the heat of the afternoon?

On the third day she was summoned to the house of the master. Upon arrival in the grand house Maria straightened her old stained dress and looked around with wonder. Right then, the young handsome man walked in, this time dressed in fine clothes rather than the working clothes from their earlier encounter.  Maria felt confused and flushed with embarrassment.

‘I am Roberto’ he said with warmth whilst looking again into her eyes.  ‘I have thought of nothing since I saw you.  I invited you here to ask you to be my wife’. Maria suddenly felt light and the words ‘Si!’ (Yes!) came from her lips. Brought together by the land and the fruit, Vina Maria was born to celebrate this legend. Today the loving legacy of Maria continues with each of the 10 million bottles enjoyed in  every corner of the globe. Vina Maria is simply the most passionate wine in the world.