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.
Address: Carretera Samaniego 10, 01307 Villabuena de Alava, Alava, Spain, Rioja
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 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.
Tasting: Tours, tastings and a restaurant at Villabuena de Alava, including the El Regalo and single-vineyard reds; 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 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.
Tasting: Tours, tastings and a restaurant at Villabuena de Alava, including the El Regalo and single-vineyard reds; 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.
