Winemaker
Gonzalo Rodríguez
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Toledo, Spain
i. Biography
Old family vineyards set the terms at Bodegas Más Que Vinos in Cabañas de Yepes, Toledo, Spain, where Gonzalo Rodríguez has been winemaker and co-founder since 1999. Some parcels are more than 100 years old, planted with Cencibel, Garnacha, Airén and Malvar, and farmed organically and by hand. The work is built around indigenous grape varieties and a cellar practice aimed at high-quality wine without separating the bottle from the inherited viticulture behind it.
Coming Up
Consulting work can train a winemaker to read site before imposing method. In his early role as co-founder and wine consultant at MAS QUE VINOS in La Rioja, Spain (from 1998), Gonzalo Rodríguez worked within that discipline: collaboration, regional identity, and cellar choices that support rather than cover the character of vineyard material. The later move into ownership and winemaking at Bodegas Más Que Vinos continued the same set of priorities rather than replacing them. Since 1999, Gonzalo has worked with old vines, indigenous grapes, organic and manual farming, and fermentation as a means of carrying place into wine without treating tradition as decoration.
Where They Are Now
A working winery depends on decisions that sit between land, cellar, and business. Since 1999, Rodríguez has been co-founder, owner and winemaker at Bodegas Más Que Vinos, with the primary base in Cabañas de Yepes, Toledo, Spain. He is also owner of Más Que Vinos, connecting the public identity of the estate to the practical responsibilities behind vineyard work, harvest timing, fermentations, vessels, and release. The cellar is built around spontaneous fermentation in small stainless-steel tanks, cement, and clay amphorae. Each vessel gives a different kind of restraint: stainless steel for clarity and control, cement for steadiness, and clay amphorae for a regional vessel tradition still in use at the winery. The common purpose is to let fruit from the old vineyards remain legible. Naming can carry farm reality when it stays close to the problem. Los Conejos Malditos, an orange wine, is named after the rabbits that threaten the Más Que Vinos Malvar vineyard. The bottle keeps that agricultural pressure in view: vineyard work is not only heritage and landscape, but exposure, damage, and response. Oxidative wine asks the cellar to manage absence as much as action. El Vino de Antes is a rancio-style, oxidative wine fermented in clay vessels and aged in a not-entirely-filled barrel so a thin veil of yeasts can develop. The method depends on patience, controlled exposure, and time. Alongside Los Conejos Malditos and the wider work at Bodegas Más Que Vinos, it shows a cellar language shaped by local grapes, older vessels, and techniques that remain practical rather than ornamental.
Signature
Signature bottles mark the recurring choices in a cellar: vineyard source, grape material, farming, and handling. Gonzalo's signature wines include Los Conejos Malditos and La Plazuela. They sit within a broader practice based on old family vineyards, indigenous grape varieties, organic and manual farming, and a cellar philosophy that keeps inherited work visible in the finished wine.
Honors
Sustainability certification carries weight when it matches the daily operating system rather than sitting apart from it. Bodegas Más Que Vinos has Sustainable Wineries for Climate Protection certification. In a winery built around organic and manual farming, old family vineyards, indigenous grape varieties, and ecological work, the credential aligns with the choices already shaping the bottles.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
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What is Gonzalo Rodríguez's current role?
As of 2026, Gonzalo Rodríguez is winemaker and co-founder.
Where did Gonzalo Rodríguez work before?
Gonzalo Rodríguez's earlier career included MAS QUE VINOS.
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