Visit and tasting at Bodegas Ochoa

Bodegas Ochoa is at Calle Miranda de Arga, 35, a few minutes' walk from the Royal Palace of Olite. It is a family winery that laid the first stone of its history in 1843 and has been making wine for six generations. Today it is run by Beatriz, in management, and Adriana, in technical direction, who have farmed the vineyard organically since 2015. It is the most convenient winery visit if you are sleeping in Olite: you do not need a car.

The family and the vineyard

The winery's website sums up its history in a few dates. In 1930 Adriano Ochoa planted 80 hectares of vineyard on the Plana de Olite and bottled the first barrel-aged reds. In 1965, after his death, his son Javier took over, aged 19, and in 1992 began planting the Traibuenas estate. Today the winery works about 130 hectares across several estates, each with its own variety: Garnacha, Graciano, Tempranillo, Merlot, Moscatel de grano menudo, Viognier, Chardonnay, Viura and Garnacha Blanca.

The visits

All visits last 90 minutes, tour the winery and end with a tasting accompanied by bread, the house's own oil, zero-mile cheese and Ochoa chocolate. There are three, with names that follow the image the winery launched in 2025, "Ahora. Aquí. Siempre.":

• Vivimos el vino – Ahora, €25: winery and vineyard, with a tasting of four wines. It is the simplest and the only one fully adapted and accessible.
• Vivimos el vino – Aquí, €32: winery and vineyard with a focus on caring for the land and sustainability, and a tasting of five wines from its Aquí series.
• Vivimos el vino – Siempre, €40: the wine shop and the barrel room, with the history of the brand, and a tasting with an aroma game of four of its top-range wines: Oxoa, Ochoa Reserva, Finca Corazón de Montijo and Moscatel de Ochoa, with cold cuts as well as the rest.

Days, reduced rates and booking

The winery's website does not publish fixed days or times: they are chosen in the booking calendar. The Olite tourist office says the visit takes place Wednesday to Saturday at 11:00, and Thursdays and Sundays are to be confirmed; that non-drinkers pay €12 and children aged 4 to 17, €6. Book on the winery's website or on +34 948 740 006, and by email at [email protected].

The winery is accessible; in the vineyard, access is not complete on the Aquí and Siempre visits. The winery also organises corporate events with food and wine, and home tastings for groups with its "Ochoa en Ruta" service.

How to combine it

You can walk from Plaza de Carlos III. Before the visit, the Enozentrum, next to the tourist office, gives the context of Navarre's wine culture, for free. Afterwards you have the Royal Palace, Santa María la Real and the medieval streets a step away, and for lunch, the old town of Olite.