They were a family of farmers who worked exclusively in raising grapevine. Josep Torres Boncompte brought from France the typical French varieties (Petit Manseng and Malbec) and he introduced them in the Catalan region of "l'Urgell".

With these varieties he produced wine for his own consume and the surpluses were sold to the neighbours. That is the origin of the adventure his son, Josep Torres Cucurull, and his grandson, Josep Torres Vilamajó, undertook.