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CUATRO RAYAS Nine decades of collaborative evolution

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May 2025

As Rueda's largest producer celebrates its 90th anniversary, the cooperative reaffirms its commitment to quality, sustainability and its 300 members

CUATRO RAYAS Nine decades of collaborative evolution

2025 marks the 90th anniversary of Bodega Cuatro Rayas, Rueda's largest cooperative and leading producer. The landmark celebration highlights an incredible and idiosyncratic trajectory of growth and quality-led evolution that has shaped that of DO Rueda itself. More importantly, it tells the story of Cuatro Rayas' 300 members and the 2,500ha they manage across the municipalities of Valladolid and Segovia; the story not merely of a winery but of a community that has navigated the last nine decades together, with common goals and shared challenges. Today, rather than growth, Cuatro Rayas has entered an important period of consolidation, building upon the cooperative's far-reaching sustainability strategy and homing in on the important resources – natural and human – it manages.

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