In 1988, Javier Alén created the Viña Meín winery in order to showcase the best of traditional Galician white wine. This is an estate that embraces Galician winemaking heritage by using all the traditional grape varieties (such as Treixadura, Godello, Loureira, Torrontés, Albariño, Lado and Albilla), yet employs modern winemaking techniques to create wonderfully balanced, fresh white wines.

Nowadays Javier’s wine blends are built around the local favourite varietal of Treixadura. Javier Alén’s Ribeiro winery now uses up to 16 hectares of vineyard and ages the wines in a combination of stainless steel vats and 500-litre oak barrels.