El origen is a Spanish drama television series, working as a prequel to Gran Reserva.
Produced by Televisión Española in collaboration with Bambú Producciones, it aired from May 2013 to August 2013.
The plot is set in 1967 in the fictional winemaking village of Lasiesta (La Rioja).
[1][2] The series deals with intrigues influencing the events of the Gran Reserva series more than forty years later, including the relations between the Cortázar and the Reverte families[1][2] and the struggle between the Cortázar family and a third family, the Miranda,[3] the dominant winemaking power in the region at the time, led by the marriage formed by Santiago Miranda (Manuel Blas) and Elvira Prieto (Silvia Marsó).
Produced by Televisión Española (TVE) in collaboration with Bambú Producciones, filming started on 5 Abril 2013.