What is "colleiteiro"

Colleiteiro refers to a particular type of Galician winery, which is characterized by producing less than 60,000 liters of wine per year, only from their own grapes.

The Colleiteiro, a traditional figure of the Galicia (Spain) countryside, it has evolved when it comes to make their wines, keeping alive the tradition while combining it with the latest technologies in winemaking. In most of the Colleiteiro's wineries, it is the owner of the winery who is the responsible for the entire production cycle, from taking care of the vineyard, including winemaking. In the wine world a Colleiteiro is similar to the concepts of Terroir or signature wines.