Founded 1989 by Marisol Bueno and Javier Mareque around their 16th-century pazo in Meis, east of Cambados; the lees-aged Selección de Añada is the flagship aged.
Signature wines: pazo-senorans-albarino, pazo-senorans-seleccion-de-anada
Address: Vilanoviña s/n, 36616 Meis, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Rías Baixas
Rodrigo Méndez's cult Salnes label from the mid-2000s: old-vine Leirana Albariños plus the heritage Goliardo Caíño Tinto and Espadeiro reds revived from family.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment for trade and serious visitors; the Goliardo single-vineyard reds and Leirana whites are the focus.
Signature wines: leirana-albarino, leirana-genoveva, goliardo-caino-tinto, goliardo-a-telleira
Multi-generation Zárate-Pomares family bodega around a 15th-century manor in Padrenda, Meaño; Eulogio Pomares bottles single-vineyard Tras da Viña, Balado.
Tasting: Visits by reservation at the family pazo in Padrenda, Meaño. Tastings include Tras da Viña, Balado and the Caíño Tinto where available.
Signature wines: zarate-albarino, zarate-tras-da-vina, zarate-balado, zarate-caino-tinto
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.
Tasting: Cellar visits by appointment focused on the parcels behind the bodega, including the old-vine Cepas Vellas vineyard.
Signature wines: do-ferreiro-albarino, do-ferreiro-cepas-vellas
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
Rodrigo Méndez's cult Salnes label from the mid-2000s: old-vine Leirana Albariños plus the heritage Goliardo Caíño Tinto and Espadeiro reds revived from family.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment for trade and serious visitors; the Goliardo single-vineyard reds and Leirana whites are the focus.
Signature wines: leirana-albarino, leirana-genoveva, goliardo-caino-tinto, goliardo-a-telleira
Multi-generation Zárate-Pomares family bodega around a 15th-century manor in Padrenda, Meaño; Eulogio Pomares bottles single-vineyard Tras da Viña, Balado.
Tasting: Visits by reservation at the family pazo in Padrenda, Meaño. Tastings include Tras da Viña, Balado and the Caíño Tinto where available.
Signature wines: zarate-albarino, zarate-tras-da-vina, zarate-balado, zarate-caino-tinto
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.
Tasting: Cellar visits by appointment focused on the parcels behind the bodega, including the old-vine Cepas Vellas vineyard.
Signature wines: do-ferreiro-albarino, do-ferreiro-cepas-vellas
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
