Wine Producers

La Rioja Alta has been considered one of the 50 most admired brands on the planet. In the late 1800s, when French vineyards were ravaged by the Phylloxera virus, five quality-conscious Spanish wine growers in Rioja combined their efforts to produce well-made, modern Rioja wines for the export market. Then, Haro was very remote and the long distances were challenge before the rail link to Bilbao was built. Once completed, the Bodegas La Rioja Alta was established right next to the train station. Still to this day, La Rioja Alta produces their wines in the traditional way of long-ageing, in American oak casks, and produces wines with complex bouquets, rich flavours and very smooth textures that can age superbly for many years.