In our showroom we gather the best of our two worlds. Wine and food.

Autumn 1966

Mariano Rodriguez

A train arrives at Stockholm Central with Mariano Rodriguez from Spanish Salamanca. Having grown up in the Spanish countryside, where his mother Maria provided villages with indigenous delicacies, he dreams of introducing Swedes to the tastes he himself misses: fruity olive oil, savoury olives, nutty Pata Negra.

In 1995 he founded Viña Española and in 1997 Salmantinos Delikatesser, both trading in high-quality imports from small-scale producers.

In 2012 Mariano Rodriguez and Salmantinos Delikatesser were honoured by the M. Sandahl Foundation for meritorious development in gastronomy, and in 2014 he received the Spanish State Award for his contributions to Spanish food culture abroad. And Stockholm, thanks to Mariano, became a city where we can now enjoy all the good things that Spain has to offer. Today his life’s work is carried on by his son Sebastian, with the same care and the same search for the true flavours of Spain.

When the Swedish import monopoly was phased out in 1995, the foundation for our operations was laid. Today Viña Española collaborates with over 30 selected wineries in Spain and offers the full Spanish range, 200 different wines.

90% of the vineyards are, like us, family businesses where knowledge and culture pass on from generation to generation. We have opted out of bag-in-box. Wine is best kept in the natural product of pure glass.