The wine company in the Spanish Rioja sub-region of Rioja Alavesa was founded in 1889 by Joaquin Martínez Bujanda with ten hectares of vineyards at the time. The old bodega, which has been replaced by a modern high-tech winery, is now a wine museum. The vineyards in Rioja cover a total of 480 hectares of own vineyards, which are mainly planted with the standard Rioja varieties Tempranillo, Mazuelo, Garnacha Tinta, Graciano and Viura, as well as Malvasía and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Riojas...
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