Steeped in history, this family business, with 5 brothers at the helm and its origins in Spanish Catalonia with a vineyard in 1752, according to some old family documents. The first European influences of wine making in Uruguay came from Basque immigrants in 1870. Juan Carrau Sust established himself in 1930 in Uruguay with his first vineyard, Las Violetas, 40 km north from Montevideo, in the Canelones departement.