Wineries to visit in Logrona Spain

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Suggestions are welcome, Murrietta, Valdemar, CVNE, etc Any thoughts on these?

October 18,19

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If you have time and transport, suggest Hacienda el Ternero, about 65km west of Logrono (Miranda del Ebro). Excellent wines and interesting grounds. I would suggest making an appointment if you are interested in visiting and tasting. In Logrono, a “tapas crawl” is a must. There is a very narrow “street” lined with great tapas bars. Start around 10 pm, with a short beer as an “amuse bouche”. I can’t remember the name of the street, but do recall Paganos and Blanco y Negro tapas bars.

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Also, if you are interested in more of a Garnacha experience, I would suggest going northeast into Navarra DO. Tandem produce very nice wines and the grounds are a good experience. I am not clear on your parameters, but I am familiar with these 2 and their wines.

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Calle Laurel. The pintxo crawl there is a fantastic experience. Don’t bother getting more than one pintxo per bar, they typically have a specialty. Bring your appetite. We ended up doing this for dinner both nights we stayed in Logroño and didn’t regret it.

Going from Logroño towards Haro, roughly

  • Murrieta is definitely worth a visit
  • Artadi is a decent tour and great tasting, if you like their style (not a huge fan)
  • Laguardia is a cool hilltop town, close to the next two wineries. Good place to stop by for lunch and walk around a bit
  • Ysios is a beautiful building but not a fan of the wines at all
  • Eguren Ugarte is a picturesque winery with an enjoyable tour including their extensive caves, have some interesting wines as well
  • Baigorri is an amazing winery/tour, the extensive lunch as part of the tasting was impressive, but preferred their Albariños to their Riojas. Very much still worth a visit imo
  • Remirez de Ganuza provides an informative tour, and was one of the better places for modern Rioja for my taste

(Now in Haro)

  • Lopez de Heredia is a must, although I’ve heard they’ve locked down the ability to visit?
  • Roda was my favorite modern winery to visit and taste - next door to LdH, offered a fascinating contrast doing them consecutively
  • Gomez Cruzado has an interesting history and gave an informative tour. Wines were hit and miss but some wines were pretty fascinating
  • CVNE and LRA are kind of institutions, so I’d recommend hitting one if you can’t do LdH
  • Muga offers lots of wines by the glass in their tasting room, so unless you love their style I’d recommend skipping the tour
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^this. Seconded. Pretty much our trip from Calle Laurel to Muga. Although good luck getting into LdH. Most don’t any longer.

There is a thread on this in the Travel section.

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