Nacido en Sant Cugat del Vallés, Bruno Colomer, es el Enólogo de Codorníu. Quedaban unos 15 días para empezar la vendimia en el momento de hacer esta entrevista. Durante una hora, interrumpió sus vacaciones para concedernos la siguiente entrevista que, dadas las circunstancias, realizamos de forma telemática.
SW: Who is Bruno Colomer?
Where does he come from?
BC: He is the winemaker at Codorníu. Born 57 years ago in Sant Cugat del Vallés to a family that worked in the textile industry. He didn't want to join the family business. I like nature, the environment, and I started studying agriculture in Barcelona, without thinking about my future or where I would end up. At that time, one of my professors was Juan José de Castro, the former winemaker at Codorníu, who introduced me to the world of wine. Back then (1988), in Spain, there were some wine training courses, but you couldn't study oenology, and, at the advice of Jaume Gramona, I decided to go abroad, specifically to Dijon. There I studied all types of wine. I did an internship in the Champagne region and when I got back, I started to work right away and my first harvest was at Cavas Nadal, where I worked for 6 years. Then I was at Mont-Ferrant for 10 years, two years at Mas Tinell, and now I've been at Codorníu for 14, and I’m really happy and very busy there (laughter).
Your career has been very focused on sparkling wines... but you’ve also worked on still wines...
When I was at Mont-Ferrant, we had a project where we made a wine at third-party wineries. We made a wine in the Alba region (Italy) and another in Cigales and in Penedés. The idea was to rotate areas. I changed jobs, but the project continued for a while.
14 years at Codorníu... What makes Codorníu different from other wineries in Penedés and Spain?
Codorníu, especially for Catalan people, is a company that runs in our blood, it's part of our culture. We’ll be celebrating our 500th anniversary soon.
My grandparents drank Codorníu.
