Rioja wine travel guide

300 hectares of vineyards, entirely enclosed within the estate: a rarity in Rioja, where most houses buy grapes from outside growers. The style is distinctly traditional: long ageing in oak, with a st…

No guides here: family members themselves show you around. You see the sorting table, the winery, the barrel cellar and the small experimental vineyard, and then taste a selection of wines together wi…

Casa Primicia is the oldest active winery in Spain, and also the oldest civil building in Laguardia, the walled medieval town regarded as the capital of Rioja Alavesa. It is the only winery still oper…

Bodegas Ysios is in Laguardia, the fully walled medieval town regarded as the capital of Rioja Alavesa, surrounded by endless vineyards and sheltered by the Sierra de Cantabria. The building was desig…

The region's oldest bodega (founded in 1858) wanted its new building to make a statement nobody could top, and brought in Frank Gehry, the architect of the Guggenheim Bilbao. The result: an undulating…

Muga is regarded as one of the most traditional houses in Rioja, and it's also one of the few wineries in Spain (and even the world) with its own cooperage: a master cooper and three staff make all th…

High on a hill stands this mighty, cylindrical building, designed by Frenchman Philippe Mazières, the same architect who designed the cellars of Château Margaux and Château Lafite-Rothschild. Construc…

More than a wine shop: a meeting place for wine lovers, founded by Juanjo Muñoz from the belief that every bottle tells a story. Besides selling wine, Baco regularly holds themed tastings, "Wine Fligh…

Wine hotels and masias at Spanish wineries: where to stay in Catalonia, Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Mallorca and Andalusia.