Zifar, the knight
Bodegas Zifar owes its name to the very first Knight book ever written in Castilian, "Zifar, the Knight". An Anonymous book attributed by some to Fernand Martínez who was a notary public at the time of King Alphonse X. The book seems to have been written in the early 14th century
A copy of it was made for the library of Henry IV of Castile, which shows the extreme lavishness the king loved to be surrounded by. When Henry IV died the book became part of the library of Isabel I. Later, in 1526 it formed part of the library of Margarita of Austria and a few years later, in 1565 it could be foud in the library of Mary of Hungary, who was the sister of Emperor Charles V.
In 1796 the book reached Paris where Napoleon admired it and took it to the Bibliothéque Impériale where it has remained since then.
The book of the Knight Zifar, tells the story of a knight who was married and had two sons, Garfin and Rodoán. He was a good knight but his misfortune was that his horses used to die every ten days. He had to leave the kingdom his ancestors had been kings of. He and his family had to go through many test.

The building
The winery is located in Peñafiel. Then building which, dates back to the early 20th century, was built of stone and Mudejar brick, following the simple style of that time. It was fully restored in 2002. It is made up by three naves, one of which is underground.