Winemaker
Alexandra Schmedes
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Toledo, Spain
i. Biography
Alexandra Schmedes is the German winemaker of Bodegas Más Que Vinos in Cabañas de Yepes, Toledo, Spain, and the work has the kind of continuity that defines a serious cellar practice: she co-founded the winery in 1999 and remains tied to it today. Two decades on, that founding still matters less as a landmark than as a framework for how the estate is run—through close attention to place, vineyard, and vintage, and through a discipline that has been sustained rather than announced.
Coming Up
Since 1999, Alexandra Schmedes has worked as co-founder and winemaker at Bodegas Más Que Vinos, helping set the estate’s direction with a steady hand. The emphasis is on continuity: returning to the same ground, the same questions, and the same standards season after season. In that sense, Schmedes’ role is both practical and structural—she is part of how the winery is made coherent over time, with experience and precision carrying from one vintage to the next.
Where They Are Now
“Our philosophy is based on sustainable and organic work with an innovative spirit, while respecting regional traditions.” by Alexandra Schmedes, the line is direct, and the balance in it is the point. It sets sustainability and organic work alongside innovation without letting either cancel out the other, while keeping regional tradition in frame. At Bodegas Más Que Vinos, that position places Schmedes in a mode of making that is methodical, contemporary, and still accountable to the character of the region.
Signature
Together, these names outline the range of the house and the scope of the work under her direction. They function as markers of a winery built on long-term attention, with each wine part of the same body of practice at Bodegas Más Que Vinos.
In Their Words “Our philosophy is based on sustainable and organic work with an innovative spirit, while respecting regional traditions.”
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Alexandra
Who is Alexandra Schmedes?
Winemaker at Bodegas Más Que Vinos.
Where is Bodegas Más Que Vinos based?
Toledo, Spain.
