TWO WOMEN JOIN FORCES TO BRING SPECIAL ARTISAN WINES TO THE UK

Estefanía Sanchez Sola and Maya Hanley met in a small Irish town in 2012 when Estefanía had gone there with her children for 6 weeks to have a change of scene. There was an instant connection and later Maya went to Spain to visit them. Maya has always had a passion for all things Spanish so they thought about ways they could do something together. From there was born the idea of bringing special wines into the UK and a year later they had formed Solagusto S.L. with a selection of 9 wines from Galicia, Rias Baixas, Navarra and Rioja.

Creating solagusto.com was a labour of love and they launched their brand at the Taste of London Winter Festival in November 2014.

‘We want to support small winemakers who love their vines and produce excellent wines. We admire their passion and attention to detail and want to introduce a whole new audience to them’, says Estefanía Sanchez Sola, partner and buyer for Solagusto. ‘We select the producers carefully, where they create wine from their own grapes and pay great attention to the management of the vines and the production of their wines. We love the family orientated aspect of our suppliers.’

Solagusto Ltd. aims to support small producers because they feel that the UK misses out on some of the best wines in Spain as traditional importers aren’t interested in such relatively small amounts. By creating an online shop, consumers can buy from Solagusto and have the wines shipped directly to their door.

At a recent wine tasting with a wine club in Lincoln, the wines were rated 5.5 and 6.5 out of a maximum of 7 by 30 people who are normally quite conservative with their ratings. Needless to say, Maya and Estefanía were delighted!

Solagusto is holding wine tastings with an expert Wine Educator where you can try the wine with relevant food, learn about the winery and also buy the wines at a discount:

March 24, 2015, 7-9pm, La Raza, Cambridge

March 26, 2015, 7-9pm at Jamón Jamón, Soho, London

April 9, 2015, 7-9pm, The Larder House, Bournemouth

For information and tickets to events, please go to our website www.solagusto.com