Bodegas Hidalgo - La gitana S.A. is one of the Sherry diistrict's oldest Sherry producers. Apparently the first Hidalgo who arrived in Sanlucar was Jose Pintanio Hidalgo who came from valle de Castaneda, Santander, during the north to south emigration promoted by King Charles III at the begining of the XVIII century. In 1736 his son Francisco Roque Pantaleon Hindalgo Gonzales was born in sanlucar, first name that had been already traditional in the Hidalgo Famly, and still today bodegas called San Francisco and San Roque, respectively.
The Winery business was initiated in 1792 with the acquisition from the Colom Family of the existing areas where the bodegas of Roque verjano is situated in 1808, the Son-in-law of verjano, jse Pantaleon Hidalgo entered the wine business, acquiring a small winery from his father-in-law.