Our History
Our family winery with more than 100 years of experience in Chile is managed by its fourth generation
1915-1917
DON LORENZO REUS MARTI
Spanish man from a family of winemaking tradition from the island of Mallorca. He and his brothers, Bartolomé and Jerónimo, adventure themselves to Chile and together they open a liquor business in the early 19th. Later in 1917, Lorenzo Reus got married with Carmen Grimalt Roselló, from this marriage born their three sons: Pedro, Catalina and Carmen Reus Grimalt.
1918-1922
SANTA CATALINA WINERY IS FOUNDED
Don Lorenzo’s brothers went back to Mallorca due to the illness of one of them. Don Lorenzo stayed in Chile and with his visionary and entrepreneurial spirit established a wine cellar in Vicuña Mackenna 1188 street, just a few steps from the city center of Santiago and founded the Santa Catalina Winery.
1923-1929
TWO VINEYARDS AND THE MAIN CELLAR
Don Lorenzo acquired 80 hectares (~200 acres) of vines in San Bernardo, 800 hectares (~2000 acres) of vines in Chicureo (the name of this estate was El Algarrobal) and a big wine cellar in Vicuña Mackenna 1246 street, where he built the main House.
1930-1964
A Successful Business
During this period, Santa Catalina Winery became one of the most prestigious wineries of the winegrowers companies of the Chilean market. Don Lorenzo not only was a successful wine business man, he also was a very important contributor to the country. In 1964, he died leaving a great legacy for his family.
1964-1984
Limited Company
The sons of Don Lorenzo, heirs of Santa Catalina Winery S.A are shareholders of the winery. The administration is taken by Pedro Reus, Carlos García and Arturo Urquiaga. The latter are the spouses of Catalina and Carmen Reus Grimalt.
1984-1990
New Administration
The Reus brothers decided to divide their heritage. After that, the company belongs to Carmen Reus Grimalt and the administration of the winery is in charge of Arturo Urquiaga Luzar. From 1990, Raimundo Urzúa Pérez assumed the general management of the company. He is the spouse of Inés Amparo Urquiaga Reus, granddaughter of don Lorenzo.
1990-2019
New Wine Cellars and Vineyards
During this period, the company acquired a wine cellar with 6 million of wine capacity in Curicó and some vineyards in Alto Jahuel, keeping their importance in the national market. On the other hand, the company started new businesses in the foreign markets, exporting wines to China and South America.
2019-2022
New Objectives
The Company, about to accomplish 100 years, reinvents itself and explores the tourism and events businesses with a unique and renewed events venue in the middle of the vineyards of Alto Jahuel. The property and the administration of the business are managed by the Urzua Urquiaga family, the fourth generation of Don Lorenzo Reus Martí.
History
Santa Catalina winery was founded in Santiago in 1922 and is one of the oldest wine producers in Chile and South America. Its founder, Don Lorenzo Reus Marti, brought the expertise and winemaking know-how from the traditional central region of Mallorca, Spain, to the fertile lands of Central Valley in Chile.
Throughout our history, our company has been continuously supplying high quality wines to the domestic market. Nowadays, Santa Catalina wines can be found in major supermarkets, specialist liquor stores, restaurants and bars in Chile.
Furthermore, in recent years our finest wines have landed in foreign markets, such as South and Central America, New Zealand, Samoa, Cook Island and China.
Today, the company is managed by the fourth generation of founder Lorenzo Reus Marti’s family.
Vineyards
The winery produces wine with grapes of protected designation of origin from the renowned Maipo and Curicó viticultural valleys.
The company owns and manages vineyards in Alto Jahuel, Buin and Curicó. The major grape varieties cultivated are: Merlot, Carménère, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Malbec, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
We maintain an exhaustive and permanent management of our vineyards, looking after every detail, delicate and patient harvesting of grapes to produce wines of the highest quality.
Wine Cellar
The production facilities of Santa Catalina winery are located at Alto Jahuel, Buin and Curicó. The wine cellars have a total capacity of 7 million liters of storage.
We have rooms for our stainless steel tanks, French oak barrels and for our best wine bottles of the last years.
The cellar is very well supported. This has allowed maintaining the “old” style of the winery, as a result of its more than 100 years of existence.
