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European viticulture was based on the cultivation of Vitis vinifera L species on their own roots. The propagation method for vine plants was through cuttings and direct planting, involving planting direct vine shoots of the desired Vitis vinifera variety.

By the late 19th century, with the arrival of phylloxera from America to Europe, this traditional viticulture was progressively fading. Within a few years, phylloxera devastated the European vineyards.

Phylloxera was an insect that attacked all species of Vitis vinifera. A solution was needed as the traditional direct planting method was ineffective.

The solution came from where the plague originated: "America." In 1869, at the Beaune World Viticultural Congress in France, some American vines were presented that appeared to be resistant to phylloxera. Researchers such as Couderc, Millardet and Grasset, Richter, Castell, Paulsen, Teleki, and others immediately began studying this issue. Many of the current rootstocks are named after these researchers.

By crossing American varieties with each other, or with the remaining European varieties, "American vines" or phylloxera-resistant vine rootstocks were obtained, such as Vitis rupestris, Vitis riparia, Vitis berlandieri, and more.

The vine nursery sector owes its existence to phylloxera, that little pest that devastated European vineyards.

The first vine nurseries (late 19th to early 20th century) emerged from the need for rapid propagation of these phylloxera-resistant American vines or Barbados vines.

The Valencia region had the necessary conditions for the development of American vine nurseries, including a good climate, water availability, fertile floodplain lands, and hardworking people.