Jordi Paronella

Training and repetition define the shape of Jordi Paronella’s career. He began behind the bar at a hotel in Menorca, where service and palate developed in the same daily routine, then went on to complete sommelier studies in Barcelona before adding WSET Level 3 in Washington. In 2020, he was Head Sommelier at Jaleo before taking on his current post. That route—from Menorca to Barcelona to Washington—shows a progression built through successive layers of hospitality work and formal study. Each stage added another reference point for service, wine, and the practical demands of reading a room while keeping the list clear.

Spanish wine is the center of the job now held by Jordi Paronella as Wine Director at José Andrés Group in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. The role asks for curation, consistency, and stewardship of a program that has to support the group’s broader culinary direction. “I’m fortunate to work for José Andrés and Think Food Group,” he has said.

Spanish wine is the specialty associated with Jordi Paronella. That focus gives its center: a sommelier’s discipline applied to a tradition with breadth, regional variation, and a strong place in contemporary service.

Formal study in Barcelona and WSET Level 3 in Washington frame Jordi Paronella’s profile. Those credentials sit behind a career that runs from Menorca to the wine program he leads now, with Spanish wine at its core.