Aurelio Cabestrero

Aurelio Cabestrero, owner, is originally from Madrid, Spain.  He worked at Madrid’s Café de Oriente Restaurant for three years before coming to the US to work as Sommelier for Taberna del Alabardero in Washington DC.  He worked at Taberna del Alabardero for three years and also worked as Sommelier at Marcel’s in Washington DC before pursuing his passion to import wines from his country, Spain.  Aurelio has also won the Ruinart 99 prize as the Best Sommelier in Spain, Best young Sommelier in 994 by Wine and Gastronomic Magazine and came in second place at the National Sopexa Competition of French Wines and Spirits 994.  He is also founding member of Madrid Association of Sommeliers.  In December 005, he was named to Robert Parker’s “Wine Personalities of the Year” list. “Aurelio Cabestrero is a serious importer of high quality Spanish wine who will gain ever increasing recognition as his name becomes better known.  I first met him when he was a sommelier at Washington, DC’s finest Spanish restaurant, and there is no question he has a brilliant palate as well as a knack for finding tiny, unheralded estates that are producing high quality wine.”