We believe the best wines are made in the vineyard. Since the founding of JPS, we have searched both established and up-and-coming regions throughout Spain to ﬁnd producers who respect their land by using the most natural means possible, often practicing organic farming. For many of our growers, this is how their ancestors made wine long before it became popular. Our producers emphasize Spain’s indigenous grape varietals and above all else, work with their land to handcraft honest wines with a sense of place. To this end, they use indigenous yeast during fermentation, and oak treatment and ﬁltering is kept to a minimum. These are the guiding principles we use to seek out new producers, and as Spain’s diverse terroir continues to be uncovered, we look forward to discovering and bringing our customers many more new fascinating and unknown wines.

“As Jose Pastor has emphatically proven with his lineup of top estates from less well-known regions, Spain remains a fertile hunting ground for traditionally made wines. I’m hard-pressed to think of another’s importer’s array of Spanish estates that is even remotely comparable in quality to those of Jose Pastor’s company,Vinos and Gourmet.” Read the Article

– John Gilman, View from the Cellar

“I found a few importers who are doing really innovative, compelling work in Spain. I was taken with what I tasted from José Pastor, whose company is called Vinos and Gourmet. A 28-year- old native of Valencia who now lives in the Bay Area, Pastor has a fabulous portfolio of Spanish wines, all of them distinctive, earthy, and brimming with personality.” Read the Article

– Mike Steinberger, Slate Magazine

“Jose Pastor has the best Spanish wine collection out there. He is doing his best to save Spain into disappearing over into the dark side of wine.” Read the Article

– Alice Feiring, Veritas In Vino

“Importer Jose Pastor, based in Richmond under the Jose Pastor Selections label, has been responsible for bringing some of Spain’s most avant-garde wines to these shores, including some of my favorite values like the Guimaro wines from Ribeira Sacra. If you’ve seen wines from that particular part of Galicia, or from the Canary Islands, chances are good Pastor had a hand in it. His producers typically use traditional winemaking, indigenous yeasts, little sulfur and so on.” Read the Article

– Jon Bonne, San Francisco Chronicle

“Jose Pastor has, in a relatively short amount of time, revolutionized the Spanish wine market in the US. For too long, drinking Spanish wine has been problematic - while you can taste the potential, the wines simply aren't that good. Sometimes the wines are over-oaked; often, they are so over-processed that it is impossible to recognize any distinctive tastes, or tell where they are from. Then I discovered the wines that Pastor is importing and I finally saw the potential realized.” Read the Article

– Scott Reiner, New York Daily News

"These are some of the most exciting and original wines being produced today, not just in Spain, but anywhere...". Read the Article

– Chambers Street Wines , Wine Merchant

“Buying wine from a trusted importer generally means you are going to get a top-rate bottle. Look on the back label for the logo of these three importers largely credited with creating the awareness of quality Spanish wine in the United States:...José Pastor Selections [et al].”

– San Francisco Chronicle, Newspaper

We believe the best wines are made in the vineyard. Since the founding of JPS, we have searched both established and up-and-coming regions throughout Spain to ﬁnd producers who respect their land by using the most natural means possible, often practicing organic farming. For many of our growers, this is how their ancestors made wine long before it became popular. Our producers emphasize Spain’s indigenous grape varietals and above all else, work with their land to handcraft honest wines with a sense of place. To this end, they use indigenous yeast during fermentation, and oak treatment and ﬁltering is kept to a minimum. These are the guiding principles we use to seek out new producers, and as Spain’s diverse terroir continues to be uncovered, we look forward to discovering and bringing our customers many more new fascinating and unknown wines.

National Importer of Handcrafted Artisanal Spanish Wines