SELECCION ELVARA - TASTE AND DISCOVER THE WINES OF SPAIN
The Company
Elvara is a Barcelona registered
company founded in 2001 by Derek Simes and Murray Marr, dedicated to helping
importers, distributors and major retail chains source a diverse range of
quality Spanish wines. Our twin aim is to secure national agencies for the
wineries with whom we work, thus creating long-term benefits for both producer
and importer.
We are compact team, with a
strategy of focusing exclusively on Spanish wines, becoming specialists in our
field, and concentrating on core markets such as the UK and Ireland where we are
familiar with the geography and culture. We currently have two offices, Barcelona where Derek is
based, and Edinburgh from where Murray operates. With
the benefit of a foot in both camps, this enables us to be close to our source
bodegas as well as customers in principal end markets.
We work across a range of trade channels and are currently
sourcing wines from some 14 producers covering 20 Spanish D.O. regions. Our
business is strictly ex-cellar with our importer clients buying directly from
our partner bodegas. Most of our producers also offer tailor made wines for
importers.
We are committed to sourcing the authentic taste of Spain, through a
broad portfolio of carefully selected wines using mainly indigenous grape
varieties. Many of our partner bodegas have been with us from the start, whilst
one of our fundamental objectives is to constantly seek out new and interesting
bodegas where quality and commercial value stand out. To date, our travels
across the vineyards of Spain have taken us
to a multitude of bodegas of all shapes and sizes.