Corney & Barrow 

Highly-reputed winery Bodegas Alavesas is based in the beautiful medieval town of Laguardia in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa area, the jewel in the crown of Spain’s classic Rioja wine region. The climate, influenced by both the Atlantic and Mediterranean, is close to perfect for growing high-quality wine grapes. Established nearly forty years ago and still family-owned, Bodegas Alavesas boasts almost 100 hectares of some of Rioja’s most desirable vineyards, including small hillside parcels whose altitude and chalk-clay soils are held to be the secret of the Rioja Alavesa’s finesse. The most famous vineyards are planted on the banks of the river Ebro at Finca Escobosa, once the summer estate of 18^th century story-teller and national treasure Felix Samaniego. Today his legend lives on in the wines of Solar de Samaniego, named by Bodegas Alavesas in his honour.

Photo: Entrance and vineyards of Solar de Samaniego