Gorgeous! Stopped in mid hike for a glass and decided to grab a few more and some bites. Excellent…read moreselections and fabulous snacks. Love!

I really lovely experience in the Rioja Wine valley of Spain. A visit to the Baigorri facility with…read moreappropriate reservations offers the opportunity to tour their entire production facility, aging cave, and then participate in a delightful and unbelievably great priced wine pairing with wonderful food. The facility is state of the art and designed with the environment in mind. Views from the upper deck and the restaurant allow you to see the Rioja wine valley at its best. Our tour guide was informative, pleasant, and walked everyone through the step-by-step process. When making reservations you can book with English speaking tours, which makes things a lot easier! Table service was efficient and additional pours could be requested. There are two wine pairing options that include standard or premium selections. The price for the tour and two hour plus lunch with premium wine was less than $100 per person. Wine shop is available and can accommodate shipments back to the USA. Highly recommended stop if you ever get to this neck of the Spanish woods.

I returned in October 2018, prompting this belated second review. Although we are already in 2020 I…read morewanted to document that my second visit lived up to the great memories I had. The food, the tour and the museum continue to be excellent. This time we focused on the museum floors that we did not get to visit the last time we were here we also spent more time in their shop and sampled new wines. We were touring Logroño with a couple of friends and found an excuse to bring them, since they've never visited before. However, we enjoy this museum so much that next time we are in town even if we don't have anyone new to bring, we will still visit!

You must start any visit to La Rioja here. Museum is beautiful, interesting, and the pics from here…read moreare unsurpassed. Go early in the morning for the best experience. Have pintxos on the terrace after.

CVNE is a company who has multiple wineries in their group. In Haro, they provide a cross-section…read moreof their products to taste: Cune, Contina, Imperial and Viña Real wineries. We did not like the Cune Gran Reserva. We were impressed with the Imperial Gran Reserva, but after seeing the high price, we thought better to avoid it. We tasted Gran Reservas from Contina & Viña Real and thought the Viña Real had some good points. We were pleasantly surprised when we visited Viña Real for a tour a few days later that their Crianza and Reserva were very good, some of the best Crianza and Reserva we tasted from 25 wineries in La Rioja. The reason for visiting Viña Real was for the tour. It was spectacular. Having been on 10 tours in La Rioja, we were pleased to have an energetic young lady present the facilities in about a 1 hour tour in English. The production operation is different than most other La Rioja wineries. With a huge crane, they lift the fruit into the tops of the fermentation tanks to avoid any pumping. They use the same method to do what is known as the "punch-down", cycling the fruit and juice from the bottom of the tank to the top of the tank as fermentation proceeds. The fermented grape juice is separated from the "must" by gravity with the must being shoveled out of the tank when cleaning is needed. Oak barrel ageing occurs on the floor below the fermentation tanks and gravity is used to fill the oak barrels. During the ageing cycle, the barrels have to be "racked" to even out the ageing process and to remove sediments that build up. We were fortunate to see the racking operation being performed on a modern piece of equipment that does the transfer from barrel to barrel and washes out the barrel. It was fascinating to see the whole operation being performed in a matter of minutes using one machine operator and one forklift operator. Since La Rioja DOC requires bottle aging, we also visited the bottle aging room. The barrel and bottle management system is a fascinating inventory challenge considering that the winemaker is involved in the process to tweak the wines that are getting "ready to drink". The tour concluded with the tasting. Viña Real Crianza is available on the West Coast (USA) for about $15 USD and on the East Coast for under $11. A real deal. The Reserva which we found to our liking is priced accordingly a bit higher, but still represents a true value in fine La Riojana Tempranillo.

We had our hotel concierge call to confirm that we could visit the wine bar the afternoon of Nov 6…read morebecause they didn't have any tours available, which was understandable because it was last minute. When we showed up, the guard wouldn't let us in and turned us away because they didn't have enough staff to serve people. We were disappointed to say the least.

Bodega Classica - Hacienda Lopez de Haro is just outside the walls of San Vicente de la Sonsierra…read moreand affords magnificent views of the Ebro river and the church/village. The wines are complex and quite enjoyable. The tour was the big attraction. The management was very accommodating of our schedule. Ainhoa Mouriz Ibarra was our guide for the tasting and the tour. This noble Basque woman spoke elegantly about the history of wine in La Rioja. Her presentation had us enthralled. We could have stayed much longer that the 2 hours we did. She graced us with a sampling of a non-traditional/experimental wine using 100 year old local Garnacha grapes. It was startling in its quality. It was ageing in a cement egg. We sampled right from the barrel. Not for sale. Later she took us to another experimental wine in another cement egg for a "barrel" tasting. Once again spectacular wine. Once again, not for sale. This tour reinforced the concept of the rules of La Rioja where the production that bears the DOC must be of an exact terroir and grape mix. That does not limit winemakers from showing their skills in other ways with other wines, just not for sale under he DOC label. Totally recommend, but plan ahead and contact them before you visit.

An espectacular place and fantastic views and people The…read morewine is excellent Worth the visit

On the pricier side of wine tastings, and I am sure you are paying for the ambiance because the…read moreview is incredible. The wine was expensive and only ok.

Beautiful winery! If you don't have time for a full tour, make a reservation for the wine bar and…read morehave a flight. Be sure to enjoy the courtyard!

An upscale winery in Haro. Very polished and refined approach. Several red and white wines…read moreavailable for machine pour in sample or glass size. Buy a card from desk and help yourself. Staff can also answer questions. Prices were very reasonable. We purchased a bottle of Vendejo. I believe there are tours available but we did not take one.

Absolutely love this winery right in the train station area. You have to try the Viña Araña Gran…read moreReserva 2015. What a beautiful wine! Lovely tasting room, too!