Architecture and wine

The wine is undoubtedly linked to the architecture and the places where it has been made.

In La Rioja, the "lagares ruprestres" were the first constructions made of stone, carved outdoors where the grapes were stepped on and then the wine was obtained.

Later, cellars were built under houses or in areas where they were concentrated in small neighborhoods.

They come in different sizes, small but very deep and joined together as are the cellars that are in the town of San Asensio or Rodezno, and on the other hand would have broader cellars as wineries of El Barrio de la Estación in Haro .

López de Heredia Winery, Haro

RODA Winery, Haro

Lecea Winery, San Asensio

Former Paternina, Conde de los Andes, Winery, Ollauri

From ancient cellars to modern wineries, as we saw in the last post of Bodegas Baigorri, but there are many others, this constructions make the architecture the first motivation for tourists to visit this places.

Two prominent examples are Bodegas Ysios and Bodegas Marqués de Riscal, this one known for its spectacular hotel.

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