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Just Grape! Barcelona legend Iniesta poised to sell part of vineyard to new club
Andres Iniesta has won La Liga, the Champions League and the World Cup in his career so far, but now could be adding wine medals to his sparkling career as his new club considers buying a stake in his vineyard.
While he might not have experienced many boos in his time, there will be plenty of booze with his vineyard venture, run with his family. And he hasn’t bottled this opportunity either.
Iniesta has more time on his hands now he has retired from the Spanish national side aged 34, and will play for only his second club team, with a move to Japanese club Vissel Kobe completed. It appears to have been a smart move, as Japanese consumers bought up all of the country’s reserves of his wine.
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The crossover between football, Japan and his wine could be solidified if talks progress over a deal to have Vissel Kobe purchase a steak in Bodega Iniesta.
The CEO of Bodega Iniesta is Andres Iniesta’s father, Jose Antonio Iniesta, and he has confirmed plans for future growth: “Our goal has always been doing what we like, without necessarily making money. But we’ve been doing things well and so we keep growing.”
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The vineyard doesn’t play down the links to Iniesta’s on-pitch success, with one brand of wine called Minuto 116. The 116th minute was when Iniesta scored in the 2010 World Cup final to win the tournament.
Iniesta has chosen an industry with plenty of growth left in it, and having produced 1.2 million bottles of wine last year, they have upped production by 500% since 2010. Iniesta Senior plans to expand:
“We’re exporting to 39 countries. With Andres moving to Japan, we’re going to expand even more internationally.”
According to Bloomberg, the winery produced 1.2 million bottles in 2017, a 500 percent jump compared to 2010. But while seven years ago Spain was its only market, 60 percent of last year’s revenue came from abroad.
