FROM THE WORLD CUP TO THE VINEYARDS OF CASTILE, ANDRÉS INIESTA, THE CHAMPION OF THE “RED FURIES” PRODUCES WINE IN HIS CELLAR IN FUENTEALBILLA (ALBACETE), SPAIN

“Copita” is the name Andrés Iniesta, the “manchego” champion who gave the final victory to Spain, called the soccer World Cup. And it wasn’t a random choice because “copita” in Spanish means also and above all the crystal glasses from which the best wines are drunk on special occasions. Andrés is a wine connoisseur since he produces wine in “Bodegas Iniesta”, his wine cellars in Fuentealbilla, the municipality in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha in Albacete province, where he was born 26 years ago. Obviously, given his commitments playing Nr. 6 on the “Roja” team, his “lieutenant in the vineyards” is his father, Jose Antonio. If the “Bodegas Iniesta” wine is as good as the Barça champion’s foot, success is secured. And then, we will lift the “copita” to his health...