Protos – Showing pioneering spirit in white and rosé winemaking

The castle of Peñafiel in Valladolid, where the Protos winery stands as a symbol of pioneering spirit in the Ribera del Duero region in SpainBuilt into the hillside from which rises the castle of Peñafiel in Valladolid, Protos stands as a symbol of pioneering spirit in Ribera del Duero. Founded in 1927 by a group of local winegrowers as Bodega Ribera Duero, it ceded its name in 1982 to the new DO, and took instead the name of one of its wines, ‘Protos’, from the Greek f