| In the
XIII Century, a monk and poet named Gonzalo de Berceo lived in La Rioja, in
the Monastery of Suso. At the time, the languages spoken in the area were
the Arabic and the Basque. Back then, Latin was the only written idiom,
hence, the only one considered cultured. Gonzalo de Berceo was the first to
dare to write the first lines in Spanish, in a religious poem that also made
mention to wine. Since then, he has been considered the father of our
language and a very important link between the Spanish history and the wine
culture. This is the reason the Monastery of Suso appears in all Berceo
labels. Bodegas Berceo was
founded in 1872, being the oldest winery in the City of Haro, heart of the
winemaking area of Rioja, and the only vertical-designed winery from that
time that still remains operational. |
