Monumento A La Vendimia - Bodegas Bilbainas

We had a guided tour at Bodegas Bilbainas in Haro, Spain, which ended with the usual wine tasting.

This vineyard is unique with having a railway station nearby, plus other vineyards in the area.

Founded in 1901 in Haro's iconic Station Quarter, Bodegas Bilbaínas is the longest-standing bottling winery in Rioja. Viña Pomal is the winery's most iconic brand and its first vintage was released in 1904, the starting point on its journey to becoming a classic.

You can visit their hundred-year old winery with historic buildings and one of the largest underground cellars in La Rioja (3,400m²), built at the end of the 19th century.

It also has the most extensive underground cellars in the region and a greater area of vineyards than any other winery in Haro. In total it owns 250 hectares of high quality vines, which supply the winery with its own grapes, ensuring that they can be processed quickly without losing their qualities. Bodegas Bilbaínas defines itself as a classically styled winery, making Reservas and Gran Reservas, and a good example of this is its flagship brand, Viña Pomal, followed by its other iconic brands: La Vicalanda and Ederra. In addition, the winery has a close relationship with quality sparkling wines that goes back to its origins at the start of the 20th Century, with brands that include Royal Carlton and Lumen.

These were taken from the coach.

Monumento A La Vendimia - sculpture on a roundabout. Saw a train near here by a building, but was unable to photograph it at the time from the coach, and we didn't go back this way on leaving.

In a city so devoted to wine culture, a sculpture dedicated to it could not be missing. It is located at one of the entrances to the town (Labastida road), in the area where all the wineries of Haro are located.
The sculpture group consists of a man pulling a horse (the farmer's effort), a woman with grapes in her hand (the land where the vineyards are grown) and a child with a glass already full of wine.
Wine is one of the greatest treasures of the Ribera del Duero, which gives prestige and progress to this land. And La Rioja did not have any allusive monument; something was needed to represent it in a square and for anyone who passes by to see it.

In a city so devoted to the culture of wine, one could not miss a sculpture dedicated to it. It is located in one of the entrances to the town (Labastida road), in the area where all the Haro wineries are located.

The sculpture consists of a man pulling a horse (effort of the farmer), a woman with grapes in hand (the land where the vineyards are grown) and a child with the cup already full of wine.

Wine is one of the greatest riches of the Ribera del Duero, which gives prestige and progress to this land. And La Rioja did not have any allusive monument needed something to represent it in a square and to see anyone who comes by step.

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Taken in: Spain / La Rioja / Haro / Haro (show map)

Taken on: June 24, 2024

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