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Dreyfus, Ashby & Co. Main Office 630 3rd Ave Adminstration 60 Avon Meadow
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 History & Family
Our family has been dedicated to working the land, passing on their commitment from generation to generation. Some years went by before we actually began trading with our wine. Our commercial activity began in 1800, with a horse-drawn carriage used to transport our wine in wooden barrels. It was when Jaime Torres Vendrell returned from Cuba that the Torres family began its domestic and international expansion. Jaime Torres, after more than 10 years of hard work and saving, arrived at the idea of exporting his wines to countries such as Cuba, Argentina and Puerto Rico. In 1870, Jaime and Miguel Torres Vendrell form the Torres & Company association, and work begins on building the first winery in Vilafranca del Penedès. Our wines gained great prestige wherever the intrepid Catalan sea captains of Sitges and Vilanova transported them. Cartagena de Indias, Santiago de Cuba, Veracruz, Bremen, Hamburg and Saint Petersburg were some of these destinations. These wines won prizes in Vienna, Philadelphia and Paris.
Torres's world-wide expansion is due to the tenacity and boldness of Miguel Torres Carbó. He never forgot his beginnings, when he would be seen carrying bottles of his wine in his arms and offering them to the best restaurants and merchants of his era. The Spanish Civil War created a big crisis at Torres. In 1939 our winery was bombed. It took the determined efforts of Miguel Torres Carbó, with the notable help of his wife, Doña Margarita, to rebuild it following this disaster. The Heirs of Miguel Torres Carbó Ever since San Francisco became Marimar Torres's home in 1975 she dreamed of having a vineyard in California. At the beginning of the '80s her father agreed and, following years of searching, Russian River / Green Valley, in Sonoma County, was selected. There she makes elegant wines such as her Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Our family, generation after generation, has transmitted the secrets
of winemaking and love of the land. This tradition, allied with a vision
of the future, have turned Torres into a great exporting company currently
trading in more than 120 countries.
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The
Torres family surname has been linked with wine for more than three centuries,
during which time our ancestors have worked vineyards in Penedès,
a land with a millenarian tradition of wine. 
The dynamic
spirit of the Torres family made them dedicate their efforts not just
to making wine, but also to distilling brandies. Right from the beginning,
distilling brandy played an important role and 
