A Rioja Alavesa landmark near Laguardia housed in a wave-roofed cellar designed by Santiago Calatrava in 2001, focused on Tempranillo Reserva from estate vineyards.
Address: Camino de la Hoya, 01300 Laguardia, Alava, Spain, Rioja
A pioneering single-vineyard producer at Laguardia founded in 1985, famous for Vina El Pison. Artadi withdrew from the Rioja DOCa in 2015 to label by site rather than ageing tier.
Tasting: Tours and tastings of single-vineyard wines such as Vina El Pison; by reservation. The estate left the Rioja DOCa in 2015 over terroir labelling.
A meticulous Samaniego estate founded in 1989, known for selecting only the shoulders of each bunch, producing structured Reserva, Gran Reserva and the cult Trasnocho.
Tasting: Tours showing the estate's grape-selection and shoulder-bunch method, with tastings of the Reserva and Gran Reserva; by reservation.
Rioja's pioneering chateau-concept estate, founded in 1973 at Laserna on a bend of the Ebro and part of CVNE, making single-estate reds including a varietal Graciano.
Tasting: Tours of the single-estate property at Laserna with its 16th-century cellars, with tastings of the estate and single-vineyard reds; by reservation.
A family bodega at Villabuena de Alava in Rioja Alavesa, founded in 1970, drawing on old-vine parcels for its Reserva de Familia and top cuvee Hiru Racimos.
Tasting: Guided tours and tastings at Villabuena de Alava, including the Hiru Racimos and the old-vine Reserva de Familia; by reservation.
The premium project of the Luis Canas family in Villabuena de Alava, created in 1996, specialising in old-vine Tempranillo and Graciano and a barrel-fermented Viura white.
Tasting: Tours of the gravity-fed cellar at Villabuena with tastings of the old-vine Amaren reds and the barrel-fermented white; by reservation.
A grower-family bodega at Samaniego in Rioja Alavesa, producing fresh estate reds and whites and the old-vine Gloria de Ostatu from a single plot.
Tasting: Family-run tours and tastings at Samaniego, including the Gloria de Ostatu old-vine selection; by reservation.
A pioneering single-vineyard producer at Laguardia founded in 1985, famous for Vina El Pison. Artadi withdrew from the Rioja DOCa in 2015 to label by site rather than ageing tier.
Tasting: Tours and tastings of single-vineyard wines such as Vina El Pison; by reservation. The estate left the Rioja DOCa in 2015 over terroir labelling.
A meticulous Samaniego estate founded in 1989, known for selecting only the shoulders of each bunch, producing structured Reserva, Gran Reserva and the cult Trasnocho.
Tasting: Tours showing the estate's grape-selection and shoulder-bunch method, with tastings of the Reserva and Gran Reserva; by reservation.
Rioja's pioneering chateau-concept estate, founded in 1973 at Laserna on a bend of the Ebro and part of CVNE, making single-estate reds including a varietal Graciano.
Tasting: Tours of the single-estate property at Laserna with its 16th-century cellars, with tastings of the estate and single-vineyard reds; by reservation.
A family bodega at Villabuena de Alava in Rioja Alavesa, founded in 1970, drawing on old-vine parcels for its Reserva de Familia and top cuvee Hiru Racimos.
Tasting: Guided tours and tastings at Villabuena de Alava, including the Hiru Racimos and the old-vine Reserva de Familia; by reservation.
The premium project of the Luis Canas family in Villabuena de Alava, created in 1996, specialising in old-vine Tempranillo and Graciano and a barrel-fermented Viura white.
Tasting: Tours of the gravity-fed cellar at Villabuena with tastings of the old-vine Amaren reds and the barrel-fermented white; by reservation.
A grower-family bodega at Samaniego in Rioja Alavesa, producing fresh estate reds and whites and the old-vine Gloria de Ostatu from a single plot.
Tasting: Family-run tours and tastings at Samaniego, including the Gloria de Ostatu old-vine selection; by reservation.
Discover Viña Ijalba, a pioneer in organic viticulture in Rioja. Just five minutes from the center, enjoy a tour with a tasting of three premium wines, accompanied by ...
Taste selected wines at 3 different wineries in Rioja. Visit our own winery from 1881, La Bodega del Tesoro. Enjoy a traditional lunch in a wooden wine press.
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