When the train station burst into La Rioja, it was no longer necessary to continue resorting to cavalries to transport the wine. The means of transport arrived in the territory during the second half of the 19th century and it added to the need for French winemakers to travel to La Rioja to buy wines with which to replace poor harvests. These export epicenters On the outskirts of the station they began to outline what was later known as The Station Neighborhoodwithin the town of haro.
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No conserved warehouse-cellar of French origin in this point. However, the first winery that was installed here in 1877, that of R. López de Heredia y Landeta, does remain. The Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (1879), the A. and J. Gómez Cruzado winery (1886), La Rioja Alta SA (1890) and Bodegas Bilbaínas (1901) were added to this list. Already in the seventies, the wineries Muga and Stem They decided to move their facilities to this neighborhood.
Currently, the Barrio de la Estación is one of the most important corners of Haro. Not only does it stand as the driving force behind the transformation of wine in La Rioja, but it also houses the largest concentration of century-old wineries in the world.
The Station Neighborhood Tasting
Since a little less than five years welcomes the star event of wine tourism: The Barrio de la Estación Tasting, a format that seeks to highlight the Riojan wine heritage and its prestigious wines. As tradition dictates, the next June, 15 This meeting will offer a tour of the iconic wineries of this environment through twelve brands.
Throughout the day, the participants they will be able to taste two wines in each of the six wineriesup to a total of twelve: from CVNE, Imperial Reserva 2019 and Monopole Clásico Reserva 2020; from Bodegas Bilbaínas – Viña Pomal, Viña Pomal Gran Reserva 2015 and La Vicalanda Blanco 2022; from Muga, Torre Muga 2019 and Flor de Muga Rosado 2022; from Gómez Cruzado, Viña Dorana 2017 and Montes Obarenes Magnum 2017; from La Rioja Alta, SA, Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2016 and Viña Ardanza 2017, and from Bodegas Roda, Roda 2020 and Roda I 2019.
The tastings will be accompanied by music and activities inside and outside the wineries, in addition to the culinary art of the great references of the Riojan and Spanish scene, such as Ikaro, Nublo, Ajonegro, Cobo Estratos, Delicious Gastronomía, Kankel Bean to Bar or Erre de Roca, among others.
As a prelude to this great day, during the June 14th A tasting will be held in the Bodegas Bilbaínas-Viña Pomal Marquee in collaboration with the author and wine critic Luis Gutiérrez. At nine at night, Gutiérrez will change his critic’s uniform for that of a musician to offer a concert in the company of his band The Winedrinkers.
