Rioja

View towards the North from Laguardia 

This was a bit of a long-driving from the UK to start the tour – Saturday drive down to Tours; Sunday depart for Ainhoa on the border with Spain at a civilized time, and examine the surfing beaches both North and South of Biarritz. On Monday, a 2 ½ to 3 hour drive to Daroca de Rioja for lunch via Pamplona and Logrono.

The winemakers that we visited are shown in the map below. (Click on the icon to see our notes about the winemaker - the heart icon is our favourite.) Obviously there are many more winereies between our East and West markers shown below.