Portrait of Clara Concejo Mir
i. Biography
The Climb
Winemaking at Bodega Vega Clara is the present work of Clara Concejo Mir. The role is straightforward: guide the cellar, make the wines, and carry the house style through each release.
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Funding sits at the center of the explanation Clara Concejo Mir gives for this work. Private money, she says, is what keeps private research moving, and that research is where the biological cure is expected to come from. In her view, the scientists doing that work need support to keep it going, because without money there is no research and without research there are no results.
Signature
Clara's signature wines include Dacán VC 2018, Dacán VC 2019, and Mario Year 2022.
Recognition
Dacán is the public marker tied to this work: a wine made at her bodega and connected to private research funding for type 1 diabetes.
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What are Clara Concejo Mir's most notable roles?
Her most notable roles are founder of Vega Clara in 2005 and winemaker at the bodega in Quintanilla de Onésimo.
What is Clara Concejo Mir's craft?
Winemaker — Bodega Vega Clara (Quintanilla de Onésimo).
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