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The Company, The Family, The History of Tio Pepe, Chronology, Videos. Get to know the history of GONZALEZ BYASS |
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Over a hundred and fifty years ago Manuel María González Angel founded his small bodegas in Jerez and since then many things have occurred. While González Byass continues to be a family-run company, with the same enterprising spirit and dedication of our founder, Tio Pepe can now be found in over one hundred countries around the world.
We invite you the use the following timeline to discover the most significant events in our history. |
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 1835 
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| Manuel Mª González founds the Company Manuel Maria González in Jerez. |
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 1836
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| The company name is changed to Manuel María González y Cía with the entry of the partners Francisco Gutiérrez Agüera and Juan Bautista Dubosc López from Haro. |
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1838
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| The company is renamed González y Dubosc. |
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1843
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| Manuel Maria buys the land of the present site of the Bodega "Los Apóstoles" "La Cuadrada" and "La Concha" as well as the first vineyards. |
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1844
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| The first shipment of Tio Pepe is sent to Britain and modern stills are built to obtain aguardente from the wine. |
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1850
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| New stills are acquired in Scotland and later in France. |
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1855
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| Robert Blake Byass becomes a partner, and the company name is changed to González, Dubosc y Cía. The first bodega "La Constancia" is built. |
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1856
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| González Dubosc y Cía becomes the top exporter of Jerez, with a total volume of 3,885 barrels. |
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1857
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| The bodega "Los Apóstoles" is inaugurated, at first called "La Union". |
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1859
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| The bodegas "La Constancia" and "Los Gigantes" are built. |
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1862
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| HM Queen Elisabeth II visits the bodega. |
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1863
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| The name of the firm becomes González & Byass. |
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1869
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| The Real Bodega de La Concha is built, attributed to G.B. Eiffel. |
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1870
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| The sons of Manuel Maria González: Manuel Críspulo and Pedro Nolasco González de Soto, and the sons of Robert B. Byass: Robert and Arthur Nicholl become partners in the firm. The company is renamed González Byass & Co. |
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1882
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| HM King Alfonso XII visits the Bodegas. |
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1884
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| Mechanical bottlers are introduced. |
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1887
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| Upon the death of Manuel Mª González Angel, his son Pedro Nolasco, Marquis of Torresoto, becomes head of the company. |
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1888
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| The Tio Pepe trademark is registered. |
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1890
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| Three new stills are acquired. The first is of the Coffray & Egrot system for the high distilling and the other two are swan-neck stills with a triple heating system for low distilling (Lepanto). |
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1896
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| The brand Soberano is launched and the González Byass Co. Ltd. is incorporated in London. |
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1904
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| HM King Alfonso XIII visits the Bodegas. |
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1908
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| The brandy Lepanto is registered as a trademark. |
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1935
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| The first centenary of González Byass is celebrated and the Tio Pepe icon is created, work of Luis Perez Solero. |
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1941
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| Inauguration of the Gonzalez Byass train station. |
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1963
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| The Gran Bodega Tio Pepe is built by the architect Eduardo Torroja. |
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1969
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| The company acquires the Alcoholera de Chinchon of (Madrid). |
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1972
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| The immense bodega "Las Copas" is built, where the entire winemaking process is centralised. |
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1980
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| The new bottling machines of Las Copas and shortly thereafter the Bodega Marques de Bonanza are finished. |
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1982
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| The company acquires bodegas de Beronia of Ollauri (Rioja Alta). |
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1983
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| A horrific fire occurs in the brandy warehouses of Las Copas. Almost a million cases of brandy prepared for the Christmas Campaign burn. |
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1985
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| González Byass receives the Gold Medal of the City of Jerez in honour of the 150th anniversary of the company's founding. |
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1988
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| The Gonzalez family buys all the shares of the Byass family. |
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2000
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| The King and Queen of Spain, HM Juan Carlos and Sofia visit the Bodega. |
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2001
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| The New Presentation of Tio Pepe is launched and the Bodegas Croft Jerez are acquired. |
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2005
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| The Tio Pepe Contemporary Art Collection is created. The new stills for Lepanto are re-inaugurated and the new cavas from Castell de Villarnau in Barcelona are inaugurated. |
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History: Chronology |
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