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Rioja Alavesa — Boutique Hotels & Travel Guide
Rioja Alavesa is the Basque province of Álava's contribution to Spanish wine — a compact wine region immediately south of the Cantabrian mountains, sheltered from the Atlantic weather and exposed to the drier continental climate of the Meseta. The Tempranillo wines produced here are among the finest in Spain, and the landscape of vineyards, medieval villages, and dramatic ridgelines is one of the most beautiful in the country.
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The walled medieval village of Laguardia, on its hilltop above the vineyards, is one of the finest in northern Spain — a completely intact medieval street plan with bodegas cut into the rock beneath the houses. The wineries of Rioja Alavesa range from ancient family operations to the spectacular contemporary architecture of Bodegas Ysios by Santiago Calatrava. The wine route between villages — by bicycle in fine weather — passes through landscapes that look unchanged since the 19th century.
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Spring is excellent for the wildflowers on the hillsides above the vineyards.
Summer is warm and dry.
Winter is cold but the bodegas are open and the village restaurants are serving game.
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Book a barrel tasting at Bodegas Artuke in Baños de Ebro — a small family winery that makes some of the most honest wines in the appellation and charges a fraction of the famous names. The tasting happens in the cellar beneath the family house, conducted by the winemaker who will also be bottling that afternoon. Buy what you taste directly and take it home. This is how Rioja was drunk before it became famous.
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