Harvest 2025 in Pictures: Part 1

Harvest is officially underway in Valdeorras, one of the regions that was hit the hardest by last month’s wildfires.

Some of the first Godello of 2025

Photo by Borja Prada

Some of the first Godello of 2025

Photo by Borja Prada

Some of the first Godello of 2025

Photo by Borja Prada

Drying Room

A drying room for vino tostado, Galicia’s historic sweet wine, welcomes its first grapes. Here they begin their natural transformation, drying and slowly turning to raisins before being pressed. Photo by Santi Pérez.

Merenzao

Merenzao ready to go to the winery. Photo by Santi Pérez.

Burned vines

Photo by Santi Pérez

Antonio Arias poses with a vine

Antonio Arias Martínez, who saved his vineyard from the flames, preserving the legacy handed down from his grandfather and safeguarding a unique, irreplaceable heritage of Godello clones. Photo by Santi Pérez

The miracle of the vine returning to life

In Alvaredos, Ribeira Sacra. “We will rise again,” says Santi Pérez. Photo by Santi Pérez