Serra i Barcelo

Josep Serra is (4th generation) winemaker of the Serra-Barcelo family property in Montsant. The family comes from Ribera del Ebre (in Catalan, this is the Ebro River valley between Montsant and Terra Alta). As well as Garnatxa Tinto in DO Montsant, Josep makes Garnatxa Blanca and Tinto in neighbouring DO Terra Alta. Josep started out as winemaker at the Falset co-op in Monstant from 1994-2002. He was then winemaker at Mas Perinet from 2002-2009, making both Priorat and Montsant wines from a bodega in each DO. Mas Perinet was one of the Pop Singer start-ups in the 1990s fools’ gold rush to harvest Priorat Parker Points, and has since been sold to a big US combine – but that’s not Josep’s fault! After Mas Perinet, Josep was responsible for viticulture and winemaking at Godelia in el Bierzo, working as a consultant while readying the two small family projects described here