Osborne

HANGZHOU, October 17th 2018 - Osborne Group, a leading Spanish food & beverage company, announced today the launch of its official Osborne flagship store on Alibaba Group’s B2C marketplace Tmall. Over 570 million Chinese consumers will now we able to enjoy Osborne Group’s internationally renowned brands such as Montecillo Rioja wine, Solaz Castilla Wine, Carlos I Sherry brandy, Nordes premium gin and Cinco Jotas 5J acorn-fed 100% Iberian Ham, among others.

Osborne’s flagship store on Tmall will be central to Osborne’s O2O commercial strategy in China, following the launch in 2017 of its Cinco Jotas 5J store on Tmall. Besides this key online presence, Osborne has been building up during the last three years its off-line expansion through collaboration with leading retailers and distributors. This O2O approach will allow its on-line customers to reach their products also at on-site tastings and experiences.

El Puerto de Santa María, 30 of July 2018. The world’s most important outdoor display of modern art, the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, will feature the Toro de Osborne for the first time to mark 150 years of friendship between Spain and Japan. Santiago Sierra, the winner of Spain’s National Plastic Arts Award, has been chosen to exhibit his work on a mountainside in Matsunoyama, in the region of Niigata, one of the most popular holiday spots with spectacular hot springs for those who like skiing and nature.

This piece of art will be one of the attractions at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, which has been displaying work by more 350 artists, architects and performers from 44 countries over 760 km2 for a decade. Artists such as Anish Kapoor, José de Guimarães and Dominique Perrault have displayed their creations in this spectacular natural setting, which has inspired artwork very different from that which normally features at modern art festivals.

Having exhibited his work all over the world, such as at the MoMa in New York and the Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, Santiago Sierra has taken his ‘Black Icon’ vision to Japan to show the strength of the Toro de Osborne brand in Asia.

El Puerto de Santa María, June 4th 2018. The official launch of Bodegas Osborne’s sherry-based vermouth was revealed today at Vinoble, the only wine fair dedicated exclusively to fortified and sweet wines that is celebrated biennially in Jerez de la Frontera - a city which shares its name with one of Spain’s most famous wines.

Established in 1772, the winery intends to pay tribute to its century-old winemaking heritage and expertise with this delicate Vermouth: the result of a sublime combination of two of its most sought-after sherry wines: Medium and Pedro Ximénez, which convey a slightly sweet yet unctuous profile.

The genuinely Andalusian character of Osborne’s velvety Vermouth perfectly harmonizes with carefully selected botanicals from the region such as wormwood and dittany, along with hints of cinnamon, nutmeg and fresh orange peel.

El Puerto de Santa María, 4th June 2018. Osborne has just held its General Meeting of Shareholders, during which the accounts for the 2017 financial year were approved. In 2017, the company achieved net sales amounting to 233 million euros and an operating profit of 41.5 million euros, these figures representing a respective increase of 8% and 14% in comparison to the previous year. In the words of Ignacio Osborne, the Chairman of the company, ‘profits from 2017 clearly reflect Osborne’s focus on its premium brands, as well as on internationalisation and the selective distribution of third-party brands in Spain’.

El Puerto de Santa María, 17th October 2017 Bodegas Osborne has achieved the highest recognition at the International Wine Challenge Merchant Awards. At these international awards, the shop at Bodega de Mora winery, in El Puerto de Santa Maria, was awarded the ‘Best Winery Shop’ prize. The award ceremony took place last night during a gala dinner at the Palacio de las Alhajas, with more than 200 participants in the 15 different competition categories.

International Wine Challenge (IWC) boasts more than three decades of history in the UK and has achieved great prestige among producers and experts from all over the world. The recognition of the winners helps the wineries in terms of their local and international marketing efforts and has a very positive impact on the positioning of brands amongst experts and consumers.