Discover how Jumilla’s high‑altitude vineyards, extreme climate, and long winemaking heritage shape deep, complex Monastrell wines that express the region’s distinctive Mediterranean character.
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Webinar
Located at a high-altitude plateau, the Jumilla wine region has a millennia old history and is home to the biggest Monastrell vineyard in the world. Vines here thrive under an extreme climate, and together with the human factor, Jumilla wines are deep and complex, and convey the Mediterranean character of its land and history. Increase your awareness and understanding of Jumilla as a quality Spanish wine producing region
This event does not necessarily constitute official WSET course material and should not be used as such.
Speaker
Carolina Martínez Origone
Director of Jumilla PDO Wine Council. Born in Madrid, Carolina is an agricultural engineer, graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and holds a Master of Science in agrifood marketing from the International Centre for Advanced Agronomic Mediterranean Studies of Zaragoza. She has experience in agrifood research studies and her main expertise is related to geographical indications . She has held positions in the European Commission and in the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture dealing with wine geographical indications. Since 2017 she is the director and general secretary of the Jumilla PDO Regulatory Council. Ever since she has worked with the aim of modernizing this historic wine region, with a firm belief in the potential of its wines and the distinctive features of the land.