A Villabuena de Alava bodega founded in 1987 and flagship of the Artevino group, making modern oak-aged reds and a barrel-fermented white with an on-site restaurant.
Address: Herreria Travesia 2, 01307 Villabuena de Alava, Alava, Spain, Rioja
A large historic house at Oyon tracing to 1861, best known internationally for the etched-bottle Faustino I Gran Reserva and a broad range of Reserva reds.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Oyon, including the frosted-bottle Faustino I Gran Reserva; by reservation.
A quality-driven estate at Briones founded in 1995 by Miguel Angel de Gregorio, making the Allende red and white plus the prestige Aurus and the old-vine Calvario.
Tasting: Tours of the cellar in the historic Palacio de Ibarra at Briones, with tastings of Allende, Aurus and Calvario; by reservation.
A family winery and foundation at Briones tracing to 1915, pairing its Rioja range with one of the world's largest wine museums, the Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture.
Tasting: Winery tours, tastings and the large Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture and gardens of Bacchus at Briones; book through the estate.
The flagship of the Eguren family at San Vicente de la Sonsierra, founded in 1957, making the Sierra Cantabria range plus the prestige Amancio and El Bosque.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at San Vicente de la Sonsierra of the Sierra Cantabria, Amancio and Coleccion Privada reds; by reservation.
The cult San Vicente de la Sonsierra project of winemaker Benjamin Romeo, founded in 1996, whose garage-born Contador earned 100-point recognition and reset Rioja's modern ceiling.
Tasting: Tours of the cave cellar beneath San Vicente with tastings of Contador, La Cueva del Contador and La Vina de Andres Romeo; by reservation.
A large historic house at Oyon tracing to 1861, best known internationally for the etched-bottle Faustino I Gran Reserva and a broad range of Reserva reds.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Oyon, including the frosted-bottle Faustino I Gran Reserva; by reservation.
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.
Tasting: Tours of the large sustainable winery near Logrono with tastings across the Campo Viejo range; book through the estate.
