3. Wine tour.
Winery visit and tasting.
The group will set out from Bilbao and travel 180 kilometres to La Guardia, where wine influences the culture, shapes the landscape, and gives form to buildings and towns, peppering them with incredible contrasts.
La Guardia is in the province of Álava and is part of the La Rioja Alavesa region, which is known for its first-rate wines and its rich history of wine making. This activity featuring wine offers an unforgettable wine experience and the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful vineyard landscape.
You will visit the Winery of the Eguren Family, who have been making wine since 1870. You will discover how the wine is made, as the tour takes you through 2,000 metres of wine cellars hollowed out in the rock; the visit ends with the opportunity to taste three of the Eguren Ugarte Family’s wines.
This family-run winery has over 130 hectares of its own vineyard and a winery where tradition meets modernity. The winery has treasured its wine making tradition, while at the same time incorporating innovative growing and production techniques; the result is exceptional wines, worthy of leading national and international prizes.
The vines are grown in an environmentally friendly way, and caring for the fauna and ecosystem; the grapes are harvested manually and mechanically to ensure they reach the winery at the ideal moment.
Lunch will be held in the spectacular winery and will feature some of the best-known dishes of the local cuisine.
At the end of the visit, tasting and lunch, the coach will take you back to Bilbao.
