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Empordá Catalonia (Spain). In the castle (Castillo) of Perelada has been made in the Middle Ages wine what various contemporary documents and parchments prove from the library. When Miguel Mateu bought the historic building in 1923, the revival of the regional viticulture was one of his main objectives. he has fully accomplished this goal. Today in Empordà as intense wine production like never before. Using the latest technology one gets from the soil and the vineyards the best of what they are able to give. The vineyards in Empordà offer a small area an extraordinary number of different soils: Suspension from shale layers with sandy soil, sedimentary rock, clay and clay soils, gravel surfaces, etc. A similar diversity in such a small space is rarely found. In Empordà have operated over the centuries already different civilizations viticulture. The heterogeneity of soils allows Castillo Perelada today to reap new grape varieties with an exciting range of nuances. And since 3 generations. In Peralada Miguel Mateu Pla discovered the world of wine and his enthusiasm for them. He founded the Bodega Castillo Perelada and thus adopted a tradition again that goes back to the 14th century. Over the years, his son Arturo Suque took over the family business, which is still managed by Miguel Mateus grandson, Javier Suque Mateu.