Vera de Estenas is one of Spain’s most exciting wineries today. There are a number of reason explaining the its hold on wine lovers: part of the excitement stems from the many, very different, and excellent wines that Vera de Estenas makes; part of it is also the result of the winery using grape varieties that were either thought to be uncool (Bobal) or completely forgotten (Tardana), and is thereby able to offer jaded palates everywhere; and last but not least, part of that excitement is due to the discreet, elegant nature of its owners, a family that doesn’t need to appear on social media outlets every other minute, or be part of a rock band, or on every tail-wagging wine industry rag gushing all over the place telling us how the owners and technical staff are the greatest thing since the invention of pre-sliced bread. At Vera de Estenas, discretion and refinement are the key: the Martinez Roda family, owners of the estate, are very much normal people you are liable to meet on a vacation or at a restaurant, and even after conversing with them for a while, you’d still probably wouldn’t know they made wine for a living. You know, ‘less is more’ is not just an architectural concept, but also a pretty valid, not to mention refreshing, manner by which to live one’s life, as well as one by which not to impact on everybody else’s in tiresome ways.