Bodegas Baigorri

Bodegas Baigorri stands beside the Vitoria to Logroño road, near Samaniego, in the Rioja Alavesa. What you see from outside is little: a glass cube on the hillside, with the Sierra de Cantabria behind. The winery is below, spread over several floors dug into the ground, so that the grapes enter at the top and the wine flows down by gravity from one level to the next, without pumps.

The visits

The guided visit goes through the underground floors, from grape reception to the barrel room, and ends with a tasting. There are two formats from Tuesday to Saturday, always by booking and subject to availability: the classic tasting, with two house wines and two of the chef's pintxos, at 10:30 and 13:00, for €25 per adult and €15 per child; and the premium tasting, with three top-range wines, at 16:00, for €35. They are held in Spanish and English, and in French, Russian or Chinese for groups, subject to availability.

The restaurant

The dining room looks onto the vineyard on one side and the barrel room on the other. It is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 14:00, after the 13:00 visit, which is included in the tasting menu: starters, first course, main course and dessert, with four classic wines for €70 or five premium wines for €80, VAT included. For under-18s there is a €30 junior menu. You can book lunch only, without the visit, and the menus are adapted for intolerances. Midweek, from Tuesday to Saturday, the wine bar is open from 11:00 to 17:00.

Bookings

Through the form on its website, on 945 60 94 20 or at [email protected]. Groups of more than 16 people can ask for a tailor-made experience. There are no visits on Sunday and Monday.