Supporting Manilva’s Wine Growing Heritage
Brian and Raquel visited the NILVA Wine vineyard last November. They wanted to see the great work this local company does to save Manilva’s vineyards. Did you know that 70% of the vineyards in this area have vanished in just 25 years? The surviving vineyards now face serious danger of disappearing. Wine making plays a vital role on this part of the Costa del Sol. Growing vines also protects the land from development. We believe strong support matters. That is why we sponsored one of the 4,000 vines in their Viña del Peñoncillo vineyard.
Anyone can sponsor a vine and support NILVA in their crusade to ensure the vineyards are not developed and the wine making heritage of Manilva is preserved. Leading Spanish Chef Martín Berasategui, owner of the three Michelin star restaurant Lasarte-Oria has sponsored a vine, as has Chef and Food Writer David de Jorge. Find out more about sponsoring a vine on their website.
Our Sponsorship with NILVA
C2C Properties donates one vine shrub to NILVA for every property we sell. We sponsor the vine in the buyer’s name. The buyer receives a wooden plaque with their name on it. We celebrate each purchase in true Manilvan style. We organise a special presentation at the vineyard. Clients see their sponsored vine. They also receive a certificate and a presentation bottle of Moscatel.
You can visit the museum to find out all about it and there are guided tours of the museum and wine tastings in the surrounding vineyards, which we would highly recommend.
The team behind NILVA wine is so passionate about the wine making heritage in Manilva, and the potential of the area as a producer of fine wines, that they now produce two dry Manilva wines, a regular version and an organic version. They describe the wine as dry, modern and unique with fruity and aromatic notes and a fresh taste with a slight salty note due to the proximity to the sea.
The man behind this impressive project
Argimiro Martínez Moreno, who comes from a family of wine producers in Albacete. Starting as an engineer, he discovered Manilva and its vineyards in 2011 and loved the beautiful countryside and village.
He created NILVA ENOTURISMO in 2014 to produce fine wines from Manilva, establish experiences around wine and promote the area as a destination for wine tourism. He’s taken these wonderful wines to wine and food festivals around the country, where they elicit an excellent response.
The organic wine was placed in the top 10 in the Best Wines of Spain Awards, the white won the best white wine in the Taste of Malaga event and they were named the best wine from the Sierras de Malaga in 2021.
They are also now part of the Wine Route of Ronda and Malaga, bringing more people to this area to enjoy the wine, food and beautiful surroundings, and were awarded an international sustainable tourism award in 2019 for their work.
Where to enjoy Manilva wine?
We’d recommend visiting the Manilva Wine festival on the first weekend in September, where you can try Manilva wine and see the grapes being crushed in the traditional way as part of the event. Check out our guide to the Manilva Wine Festival for more information.
There is also a gastronomy festival called Saborea de Manilva (Taste of Manilva) at the beginning of December each year, where you can try locally produced wines, alongside traditional products from the area.
You can also pick up a bottle of the rustic local wines in fruit shops and on the side of the road during grape season. Fruteria Pascual e Hijos sells these wines and stocks lots of incredible local cheeses, meats, olives and oils and is well worth a visit.
These traditional Manilva wines are sold in plastic bottles that you’d expect to see oil in and usually come in sweet, medium and dry varieties. These are rough and ready wines and benefit from being very cold, but they are certainly cheap and cheerful and will give you a true experience.
You can also pick up NILVA Wine at their shop in the Manilva Wine Museum, or buy it online. If you want to taste the wine and find out more about wine making, join them for their NILVA Wine Experience. This includes a tour of the wine museum, a tour of the production facility for the wine and then a visit to their vineyard where you will taste the wine and enjoy tapas. This costs 25€ per person and takes around 2 hours.
Property in Manilva
If you’d like us to help you buy property in Manilva and sponsor a vine too please contact us. You can browse properties for sale in Manilva on our website, or send an email to [email protected] with your requirements and let us shortlist some properties for you.