One of the best-selling Rioja brands, founded in 1959 and owned since 2025 by Vinarchy (the Australian Wine Holdco / Accolade Wines group, having previously belonged to Pernod Ricard), with a large visitor-friendly winery near Logrono producing Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.
Address: Camino de Lapuebla 50, 26006 Logrono, La Rioja, Spain
A Fuenmayor bodega founded in 1972, now owned by Sogrape, sourcing its top wines from the river-bounded Vina Lanciano estate, including the modern Culmen Reserva.
Tasting: Tours of the Fuenmayor winery and the Vina Lanciano estate on a meander of the Ebro, with tastings of the Culmen and Vina Lanciano; by reservation.
A boutique Rioja Alta producer at Ollauri founded in 1998 by Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso, making essentially one classically styled Reserva plus a barrel-fermented Viura.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Ollauri of the single-label Valenciso Reserva and the barrel-fermented white; by reservation.
A Fuenmayor bodega founded in 1972, now owned by Sogrape, sourcing its top wines from the river-bounded Vina Lanciano estate, including the modern Culmen Reserva.
Tasting: Tours of the Fuenmayor winery and the Vina Lanciano estate on a meander of the Ebro, with tastings of the Culmen and Vina Lanciano; by reservation.
An estate built around a 16th-century former Benedictine monastery on the eastern edge of Rioja, founded in 1985 and known for its Finca Monasterio and Reserva reds.
Tasting: Tours of the 16th-century former monastery estate with tastings of the Finca Monasterio and Gran Reserva; by reservation.
A Haro house founded in 1924, now part of the Zamora Company, producing a wide Rioja range led by the Mirto and Lalomba single-vineyard wines.
Tasting: Guided tours of the Haro winery with barrel and bottle halls, tastings and a wine bar; by reservation.
A boutique Rioja Alta producer at Ollauri founded in 1998 by Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso, making essentially one classically styled Reserva plus a barrel-fermented Viura.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Ollauri of the single-label Valenciso Reserva and the barrel-fermented white; by reservation.
An architectural Rioja Alavesa winery at Samaniego opened in 2002, built as a glass cube over seven underground levels using gravity-flow winemaking, with a panoramic restaurant.
Tasting: Tours of the seven-level gravity-flow glass cube cellar at Samaniego with tastings and a restaurant; by reservation.
CVNE's Rioja Alavesa cellar near Laguardia, a striking circular building opened in 2004, home to the Vina Real range and the single-estate Pagos de Vina Real.
Tasting: Tours of the circular barrel-shaped Philippe Mazieres cellar near Laguardia with tastings of Vina Real and Pagos de Vina Real; by reservation.
