12 Jan 2023
Amazing tour and experience all around! Our tour guide, Elba, was super nice, accommodating and informative. My significant other and I felt like we were hanging out with Elba for the day since we were the only ones that were signed up for the tour that day (it was a Wednesday during early January).
Our morning began with Elba picking us up at our hotel in Logrono and driving to the first winery, where we met one of the owners of the winery and had a cup of coffee. Our guide for the winery was Bellin (apologies if I misspelled it), who was also phenomenal, super nice and fun to be around. We tried about 4-5 wines (white, orange and reds) along with some bread and olive oil. Along the way, she provided us a tour of the winery, a history lesson on the rioja region and the vines and taught us how to see, smell and taste the wines.
Elba then drove us to the second winery and a vineyard, where we tried 3 more wines (white, reds) and had lunch. The guide at the winery was very busy as she had an unplanned order/inventory emergency she was dealing with, but she still made time to teach us about the history of the winery and wines.
Our final main stop of the tour was an hour-long walking tour of the historical town, Laguardia. Elba showed us the incredible views from the town, and we walked around learning the history of the town and it's significance to this region in Spain.
At the end of the day, Elba drove us back to our hotel to pick up our luggage and she was also kind enough to drop us off at the train station for us to catch our train. Overall, incredible experience and I highly recommend others to sign up for this tour!