Producing the Navarre wines

Before going on to describe the different types of wines and the wine-making process, it should first be highlighted that top quality grapes are required to make good wine. Technology and the knowledge and know-how of the technical team are essential to bring out the virtues of a top quality selection of grapes in the end product; however, if the initial grape quality is poor, then even the best technology in the world will not achieve an exceptional wine. Likewise, even the best grapes can produce the worst vinegar, if technology and know-how are not used wisely; although the opposite premise is quite impossible. Having said this, the popular saying that "wine is made in the vineyard" can readily be understood.

The ill-famed "powdered wine" is difficult to achieve: given the fact that wine incorporates more than 700 different components, it is exceedingly costly to reproduce it in a laboratory. It is far more "cost-effective" to prepare the wine from grapes, given the fact that one kilo of grapes gives approximately one 3/4 litre bottle; this argument serves to convince even the most obstinate.