Xavier Ausás López de Castro – Technical Director

The oenological shadow of Pablo Álvarez is Xavier Ausás, technical director of Vega Sicilia. This great wine chef was born in Figueres (Gerona) in 1968. In 1986, he studied in the School of Oenologists in Requena (Valencia), but soon looked to France, where he attended oenology classes in the Brevet Technicien, in Blanquefort. From 1990 to 1992, he achieved the Diplome National d’Oneologue from the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse. Xavier began working with aging and bottling processes. He is currently technical director of the wines of the winery group.

Begoña Jovellar, is a graduate in Biological Science from the University of Salamanca, and in Oenology from the University of Valladolid. From 1993 to 1995, she was Technical Director for the Project on Clone Selection of Local Vine Varieties in Castilla y León. In 1998, Begoña became a member of the technical team of Bodegas Vega Sicilia.