Jorge Ripa

The Climb

At Bodegas Quaderna Via in Ayegui, Spain, sales work sits next to vineyard philosophy and the demands of the market. Jorge Ripa’s role is to move organic wine from a producer’s stated values into a form the trade can read, place, and sell. The work is practical: representing a winery that says, in its own words, “We started in 1998 to bring organic wine to market.”

Today

The Sales Manager title at the Ayegui address points to a job built on sales, not abstraction. His work is tied to the same project that began in 1998, when the aim was to bring organic wine to market.

Career - Sales Manager — Bodegas Quaderna Via, Igúzquiza, Navarra - Responsible for sales — Bodegas Quaderna Via, Igúzquiza, Navarra

Signature

Be Bike Garnacha Rosado 2015 is named as part of Jorge Ripa’s signature set. It functions here as a reference point for the kind of work his role supports: a bottle that connects sales, producer identity, and the market conversation around the wine. In that sense, the signature is not separate from the job; it is one of the ways the job becomes visible.

In Their Words “We started in 1998 to bring organic wine to market.” The first line is plain courtesy; the second is the operating principle. Taken together, they show a sales role that keeps one foot in the room and the other in the wider purpose of the winery. The date 1998 remains the anchor point, and the work still turns on that original decision to bring organic wine to market.

Recognition

Gran Ecovino de Oro for 'Be Bike Garnacha Rosado 2015' (2016) gives formal recognition to a wine already identified in Jorge Ripa’s signature list. The award places the bottle in a specific year and marks it as a named point of notice within the producer’s output. For a Sales Manager, that kind of recognition sits close to the day-to-day work: the market response and the formal accolade are part of the same commercial field.

FAQ What is Jorge Ripa's current role? As of 2026, Jorge Ripa is Sales Manager. What recognition has Jorge Ripa received? Gran Ecovino de Oro for 'Be Bike Garnacha Rosado 2015' (2016). What is Jorge Ripa known for? Organic wines.