Gerardo Méndez's family bodega in Meaño, founding grower of DO Rías Baixas (1988). Cepas Vellas comes from a 1.5-ha old-vine Albariño parcel on sandy granite.
Signature wines: do-ferreiro-albarino, do-ferreiro-cepas-vellas
Address: Galiñanes 10, Lores, 36968 Meaño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Rías Baixas
Founded 1981 in Vilanova de Arousa with a chateau-style blue-tiled bodega over the 13.5-ha Finca Tremoedo; Etiqueta Verde and Ámbar shaped the modern Salnes.
Tasting: Tours of the Finca Tremoedo estate vineyard and the blue-tiled French-influenced bodega, with tastings of the Etiqueta Verde, Etiqueta Ámbar and Don Álvaro de Bazán range.
Signature wines: granbazan-etiqueta-verde, granbazan-etiqueta-ambar, granbazan-don-alvaro-de-bazan
Founded 1987 by Eladio Piñeiro, acquired by Zamora Company in 2002. Best known for the thermochromic blue-label Albariño plus the single-vineyard Finca Valiñas.
Tasting: Cellar visits with tastings of the Mar de Frades Albariño (the thermochromic blue-label bottle), the Brut Nature sparkling and the Finca Valiñas / Monteveiga single-vineyard wines. Bookings via the producer site.
Signature wines: mar-de-frades-albarino, mar-de-frades-finca-valinas, mar-de-frades-brut-nature
Galician outpost of the Marqués de Murrieta (Rioja) family; the pazo dates from 1511, commercial Albariño bottling from 1991, with La Comtesse the aged flagship.
Tasting: Guided visits of the 1511-built pazo and its 12-hectare vineyard, with tastings of Pazo Barrantes and the La Comtesse aged Albariño from the Cacheiro plot.
Signature wines: pazo-barrantes-albarino, pazo-barrantes-la-comtesse
Founded 1981 in Vilanova de Arousa with a chateau-style blue-tiled bodega over the 13.5-ha Finca Tremoedo; Etiqueta Verde and Ámbar shaped the modern Salnes.
Tasting: Tours of the Finca Tremoedo estate vineyard and the blue-tiled French-influenced bodega, with tastings of the Etiqueta Verde, Etiqueta Ámbar and Don Álvaro de Bazán range.
Signature wines: granbazan-etiqueta-verde, granbazan-etiqueta-ambar, granbazan-don-alvaro-de-bazan
Founded 1987 by Eladio Piñeiro, acquired by Zamora Company in 2002. Best known for the thermochromic blue-label Albariño plus the single-vineyard Finca Valiñas.
Tasting: Cellar visits with tastings of the Mar de Frades Albariño (the thermochromic blue-label bottle), the Brut Nature sparkling and the Finca Valiñas / Monteveiga single-vineyard wines. Bookings via the producer site.
Signature wines: mar-de-frades-albarino, mar-de-frades-finca-valinas, mar-de-frades-brut-nature
Galician outpost of the Marqués de Murrieta (Rioja) family; the pazo dates from 1511, commercial Albariño bottling from 1991, with La Comtesse the aged flagship.
Tasting: Guided visits of the 1511-built pazo and its 12-hectare vineyard, with tastings of Pazo Barrantes and the La Comtesse aged Albariño from the Cacheiro plot.
Signature wines: pazo-barrantes-albarino, pazo-barrantes-la-comtesse
Large O Rosal producer on the Tui-A Guarda road; the flagship is a three-grape Albariño-Loureiro-Caíño Blanco blend, with La Mar a rare Caíño Blanco-dominant white.
Tasting: Bodega tours and tastings of the flagship Terras Gauda blend, the single-varietal Abadía de San Campio Albariño and the barrel-fermented La Mar with Caíño Blanco. Booking via the producer site.
Signature wines: terras-gauda-blend, abadia-de-san-campio, la-mar-caino-blanco
Galician outpost of Grupo La Rioja Alta, acquired 1988 from the Fernández Cervera family; one of the larger contiguous Albariño vineyards in O Rosal, widely.
Tasting: Guided visits of the O Rosal estate by reservation, with tastings of the Lagar de Cervera and Pazo de Seoane wines.
Signature wines: lagar-de-cervera-albarino, pazo-de-seoane
Santiago Ruiz launched his bodega in 1984, four years before DO Rías Baixas; the O Rosal flagship is a five-variety blend, and the original San Miguel de Tabagón.
Tasting: Guided tours of the historic bodega and the on-site Santiago Ruiz museum in San Miguel de Tabagón, alongside tastings of the eponymous five-grape blend and the Rosa Ruiz Albariño.
Signature wines: santiago-ruiz-o-rosal, rosa-ruiz-albarino
