We have extended our team of employees with the recruitment of José Hidalgo Camacho, a recognized and prestigious winemaker who with his youth and experience will be challenged to maintain and improve the quality line of the wines of the winery.
After an initial training period with the current Technical Director Luis García Severino, author of the likes of Ceremonia, Generación 1, El Miracle and Hoya de Cadenas, which has recently been elected Superwine of the Year in Spain by the Superwines Guide, the generational change will take place and José Hidalgo will become the new Technical Director of the Bodegas Vicente Gandía winery. José Hidalgo who is young, restless and with a great background in the sector, will help the company to continue growing in the wine sector, developing new high-expression wines.
José Hidalgo says: “With this appointment, a new and very exciting stage opens up professionally. To work as the highest technical manager at Bodegas Vicente Gandía is an honour; this being my new home, a flagship winery in the Mediterranean Arc and a national and international reference in the world of wine. His history and renowned wines mean he undertakes this new commitment with responsibility, but also with the peace of mind of having the support of Luís García Severino and an incomparable team of technicians”.
José Hidalgo Camacho is the third generation of a family that has devoted its heart, body and soul to viticulture. A genius of enology with an extensive résumé.
He graduated as an Agronomist from the Public University of Navarra and has a Bachelor’s degree in Oenology from the Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona. In addition, from the same university, in 2006 he obtained a Master’s degree in Oenology.
In his professional career, after having been working in the wine region of Napa Valley in California, he was later in Gramona, which has been one of the best producers of Cava for 3 years. For the last 11 years he has been directing Unión Vinícola del Este, as manager and Technical Director.
In addition, he has been working for 5 years combining his business activity with teaching, giving classes in Wine Culture and Sparkling Wine Technology at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona.
José Hidalgo is the son of the renowned winemaker José Hidalgo Togores, a leader in the world of viticulture.
It is almost impossible to summarize in a few lines a professional career as intense as that of José Hidalgo Togores. Winemaker, teacher, advisor and writer with a wide and recognized work within the sector; one of the few professionals in Spain with technical capacity and wine understanding.
José Hidalgo Togores followed in the footsteps of his father Luis Hidalgo Fernández Cano, author of the famous TREATY OF VITICULTURE, who was recognized as a “Master Winemaker and Wiseman of the Vineyards” for his research contribution to Spanish and global viticulture.
