Bodegas Neleman

Created by founder Derrick Neleman, Bodegas Neleman offers a range of vegan wines born from organically-farmed grapes that reflects a personal belief: inspiring and nurturing the human spirit with all its wondrous glory and variety. A storyteller of wine, Derrick sheds light on its hidden tales, and how wine enhances the specialness and beauty of life. To him, wine is a many-splendored liquid: a heady celebration of creativity, science, art, nature, time, delicious taste, and ecologically-sound thinking.

Using indigenous varietals and blends of Verdil, Tardana, Macabeo, Monastrell, Bobal, Tempranillo, Marselan, and Garnacha—which hark back to Spanish wine’s origins—combined with the main international grapes (such as Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Muscat, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot), Neleman’s mature vineyards are in the hills to the East of Valencia at Casas del Rey. They are on small land terraces surrounded by olive and almond trees, and Parque Natural de las Hoces del Cabriel, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Overseen and tended by Spanish Master Organic Winemaker Diego Fernández Pons, the vines have been carefully planted to reap the best from the soil that gives them such foundation and heart. This also guarantees a delicious taste; these are modern wines with no excessive oak or over-mature overtones, and balance, warmth, richness and freshness are paramount. Elegance is always the ambition, and passion is the most sought-after quality of all.