The Family
Josep Maria Pujol-Busquets is the owner and technical manager of Alta Alella.
He counts with a wealth of qualifications:
- Degree in Oenology at Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona,
- Degree as a Technical Engineer in the Agricultural Industry from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona
- Masters in Oenology from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona
Pujol-Busquets worked as a technical manager for several companies in the wine industry including Parxet and Marques de Monistrol.
He also taught Oenology, Wine Techniques and Business Management at the Master in Innovative Oenology at the Pharmaceutical University in the Basque Country, the Oenology University at the URV in Tarragona and the Agricultural College of the Polytechnic University of Barcelona. With this wide and successful professional career, Josep Maria decided to devote his life to his own project: Alta Alella.
Cristina Guillén, Josep Maria’s wife and right hand, is also passionate about wine. She is the owner of ‘Cristina Guillén Selecció de Vins’, a wine shop located in the centre of Badalona, which sells more than 3.000 products and is a reference point on the Maresme coast.
Mireia Pujol-Busquets i Guillén, Josep Maria and Cristina’s daughter, also works as an oenologist in the cellar.
Having a degree in Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a postgraduate in Winemaking Business Administration and Management at the same university and a Masters in Organic Agriculture at the University of Barcelona, Mireia grew up with the Alta Alella project.
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