The Destination Brief
Explore Rioja Wine Region through its linked communities: Logroño, Haro, Laguardia, Elciego, Briones, and Villabuena De Alava. This regional destination brings together restaurants, bars, hotels, and other places across the area.
Awards in Rioja Wine Region
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Rioja Wine Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Rioja Wine Region.
Elciego, Spain
Marqués de Riscal is Rioja seen through architecture as much as wine: Frank Gehry’s rippled hotel roof signals a cellar rooted in Elciego and the region’s long conversation between Tempranillo, limestone-clay soils and cellar ageing. Its 2025 Decanter Silver medal gives a current external marker, but the broader draw is how the estate frames Rioja’s tradition through a highly visible contemporary lens.
Haro, Spain
In a 16th-century aristocratic palace on Haro's Plaza San Martín, Nublo brings fire-led modern Spanish cooking to one of La Rioja's most storied wine towns. Chef Miguel Caño, formerly of Mugaritz, anchors his tasting menu in regional ingredients and wood-fired technique. Ranked #357 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2024, rising to #415 in 2025, this is the address that returned serious gastronomic attention to Haro.
Logroño, Spain
A six-seat omakase counter in Logroño operating at the summit of Spain's small but serious Japanese dining tier. Chef Félix Jiménez trained under maestro Yoshikawa Takamasa in Japan, bringing Edomae technique and Shokunin philosophy to a 300-year-old doorway in La Rioja. Ranked #308 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and holding one Michelin star, Kiro Sushi is among the more precise Japanese counters operating outside a major Spanish city.
Logroño, Spain
Ikaro in Logroño presents Michelin-starred contemporary Spanish cuisine with clear Ecuadorian and Basque influences. Must-try offerings include the Seasonal Tasting Menu, Ecuadorian-inspired ceviche, and a La Rioja lamb preparation that highlights local produce. The kitchen of Carolina Sánchez and Iñaki Murua blends precise technique with bright tropical accents, while an attentive sommelier pairs each course with wines from La Rioja. Expect refined textures, sharp citrus notes, and sauces reduced to clean intensity. Reservations via Resy are recommended for lunch or dinner; the intimate dining room and open kitchen ensure a personal, memorable meal.
Logroño, Spain
Ajonegro holds a Michelin star in Logroño for its precise fusion of Mexican and La Riojan ingredients, led by two chefs who trained under Jordi Cruz at the three-Michelin-starred ABaC. Seasonal produce drives a menu where spice is calibrated for European palates, moving between tacos built on local proteins and desserts rooted in Mexican tradition. An à la carte and tasting menu run Wednesday through Sunday, with Sunday lunch the final service of the week.
Logroño, Spain
On Calle Portales in Logroño's old quarter, La Cocina de Ramón serves market-driven traditional Riojan cooking updated daily, including rotating stews like pochas, caparrones, and patatas a la riojana. Two consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand awards (2024, 2025) place it among the region's good-value serious tables. The exposed brickwork interior sits metres from the cathedral, making it a natural stop on any tour of the old town.
Logroño, Spain
A family-run contemporary restaurant on Calle María Teresa Gil de Gárate, Juan Carlos Ferrando holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025 and operates at the €€ price point, one tier below Logroño's starred restaurants. The kitchen frames traditional Riojan recipes with modern technique and an international edge, anchored by a cod cheeks pilpil that serves as the clearest measure of what the kitchen can do.
Logroño, Spain
Set within Frank Gehry's titanium-wrapped hotel-winery in Elciego, recognised as Europe's leading vineyard estate in 2021, Marques de Riscal Restaurant positions modern Spanish cooking against one of La Rioja's most architecturally charged backdrops. Chef Francis Paniego oversees two tasting menus drawing on Basque technique and Álava's seasonal larder, with Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025.
Briones, Spain
Inside the Santa María Briones hotel in one of Spain's most celebrated medieval villages, Allegar takes its name from the Rioja word for scraping the plate clean, a signal of intent rather than mere charm. The kitchen updates Riojan cooking through intense regional flavours and the occasional trompe-l'oeil, anchored by a traditional wine cellar known as a calado. A Michelin Plate holder in both 2024 and 2025, it pairs well with the nearby Vivanco bodega-museum.
Logroño, Spain
Aitor Esnal belongs to Logroño’s more serious dining tier, where Rioja produce, city-center pacing, and award recognition matter more than spectacle. Its 2026 Guía Repsol 1 Sol places it in a selective Spanish restaurant conversation, useful for travelers weighing a focused meal against the city’s easier tapas rhythm.
Laguardia, Spain
A Michelin Plate-recognised restaurant in Páganos, Álava, run by a married couple whose tasting menu draws on the Basque Country's seasonal larder. Traditional technique meets contemporary thinking across dishes rooted in local ingredients, black pudding, piparra peppers, Idiazábal cheese, at mid-range prices that make this one of the Rioja Alavesa's more accessible serious tables.
Haro, Spain
A 16th-century palatial property in Haro's La Herradura quarter, Los Caños holds consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) for a style of cooking that treats the classic tapas and pinchos format as a serious gastronomic framework. The kitchen draws on deep-rooted La Rioja tradition while pushing familiar ingredients, Iberian cuts, cured egg yolk, quality cheese, into territory that rewards attention.
Logroño, Spain
A Michelin Plate-recognised pincho bar on Logroño's central Calle San Juan, Tastavin sits at the heart of La Rioja's bar-hopping tradition. The kitchen delivers a wide range of pinchos alongside a wine list rooted in the surrounding denomination, making it a reliable reference point for the old town's traditional bar circuit.
Logroño, Spain
On Plaza del Mercado in the heart of Logroño, Sabores holds back-to-back Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) for contemporary cooking rooted firmly in Rioja's larder. Two chefs run a relaxed, approachable room where the price sits at €€, making serious technique accessible without ceremony. It is one of the more coherent expressions of the regional ingredient-first movement in La Rioja's mid-tier dining scene.
Logroño, Spain
La Quisquillosa sits inside Logroño’s compact restaurant culture, where Rioja cooking, wine-bar habits and contemporary dining overlap at close range. Its 1 Sol recognition from Guía Repsol 2026 places it in the city’s serious dining conversation without pushing it into the formality of Spain’s grand tasting-menu circuit.
Haro, Spain
Alboroque brings Haro’s dining conversation back to La Rioja’s produce, where market cooking, wine-country appetite, and a 2026 Guía Repsol 1 Sol recognition give the room more weight than a casual central address might suggest. It is a useful counterpoint to Haro’s higher-format modern kitchens and regional taverns, especially for diners reading the town through ingredients rather than cellar labels alone.
Logroño, Spain
Arsa sits in Logroño’s dining conversation at the point where Rioja produce, city-centre pacing and formal recognition meet. Its 1 Sol in the Guía Repsol 2026 places it beyond casual tapas-hopping, but the more useful lens is sourcing: in La Rioja, the measure of a serious kitchen is how clearly it translates nearby gardens, meats, preserved goods and wine-country seasonality onto the plate.
Laguardia, Spain
Set within the Viñedos de Páganos winery in Álava's Rioja Alavesa, El Puntido offers two tasting menus that move between regional tradition and more daring, technique-driven territory. Chef Cristian Solana works closely with estate-grown produce and the surrounding landscape, making the restaurant a serious argument for the winery-dining format in northern Spain.
Logroño, Spain
La Galería belongs to Logroño’s more composed restaurant tier, where Rioja produce and wine-country expectations matter as much as technique. Its 1 Sol recognition in Guía Repsol 2026 places it among the city’s serious contemporary addresses, distinct from Laurel-style grazing and the region’s more traditional dining rooms.
Logroño, Spain
Moderna Tradición belongs to Logroño’s small but serious dining tier, where Rioja’s meal rituals matter as much as technique. Its 1 Sol recognition in Guía Repsol 2026 places it among Spanish restaurants with national critical attention, while the city context keeps the experience tied to long lunches, wine-aware pacing, and a sharper reading of tradition than the name alone suggests.
Logroño, Spain
A Michelin Plate-recognised tapas bar steps from Logroño's cathedral, Umm No Solo Tapas operates at the counter-and-high-table register that defines the city's pintxos and raciones culture. The format is democratic and fast: canned premium ingredients, toasted options, and shared plates alongside ham croquettes that have earned their reputation among the cathedral quarter's regulars. The volume of endorsement speaks to consistent execution.
Elciego, Spain
Logroño, Spain
On Calle Portales, Logroño's main tapas artery, Cachito Mío Gourmet occupies a space where the city's deep wine-country produce traditions meet a more considered, gourmet register. The address puts it at the centre of La Rioja's most concentrated dining strip, where sourcing from the surrounding agricultural region is less a marketing angle than a structural fact of daily cooking.
Rioja Wine Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Rioja Wine Region.
Elciego, Spain
Frank Gehry's titanium-clad hotel at the Marqués de Riscal winery in Elciego is one of Spain's most architecturally ambitious hospitality projects, earning a Michelin Key in 2024. Sixty-one rooms split between the sculptural main building and a more conventional outbuilding, with a Caudalie Vinothérapie spa, a Michelin-starred restaurant drawing on Echaurren's two-star lineage, and direct access to the winery's vineyards and cellars. Rates from $612 per night.
Briones, Spain
A 16th-century manor house in the heart of La Rioja wine country, Hotel Santa María Briones holds a 2024 Michelin Key and 16 rooms that pair period stone walls with contemporary furnishings. At 256 USD per night, it sits at the upper end of boutique wine-country hotels in northern Spain, with an in-house restaurant, a serious regional wine cellar, and the Vivanco Wine Museum within walking distance.
Haro, Spain
A Leading Hotels of the World member set in a historic palace on Haro's central Plaza de la Cruz, Palacio de los Angeles occupies one of La Rioja's most architecturally significant addresses. The property places serious-traveller accommodation at the heart of Spain's most celebrated wine town, where Rioja's grand bodegas sit within walking distance. For those combining wine-country depth with heritage lodging, it represents a considered choice in a town that rarely tops itineraries but consistently rewards them.
Villabuena De Alava, Spain
A Michelin Selected hotel in the village of Villabuena de Álava, Hotel Viura is one of Rioja Alavesa's most architecturally arresting addresses, its stacked, cube-like facade a deliberate contrast to the medieval stone surroundings. It sits in the quieter, Basque-administered side of Rioja wine country, where the vineyards press close to village walls and the pace of travel slows considerably compared to the busier Logroño corridor.
Rioja Wine Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Rioja Wine Region.
Logroño, Spain
A wine bar in the heart of Logroño, Roots draws on the deep Rioja wine culture surrounding it, pairing seasonal, classically minded food with a selection aimed at visitors and locals heading into the region's vineyards. It functions as an entry point into Rioja's drinking culture as much as a standalone destination.
Rioja Wine Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Rioja Wine Region.
Elciego, Spain
Marqués de Riscal is Rioja seen through architecture as much as wine: Frank Gehry’s rippled hotel roof signals a cellar rooted in Elciego and the region’s long conversation between Tempranillo, limestone-clay soils and cellar ageing. Its 2025 Decanter Silver medal gives a current external marker, but the broader draw is how the estate frames Rioja’s tradition through a highly visible contemporary lens.
Haro, Spain
One of Haro's founding bodegas, La Rioja Alta has shaped the town's identity as the capital of traditional Rioja winemaking for well over a century. Its cellars on Avenida Vizcaya sit within walking distance of the famous Barrio de la Estación cluster, positioning it alongside Muga, CVNE, and López de Heredia as a cornerstone of the old-guard Rioja canon.
Haro, Spain
Founded in 1932 in Haro, the historic capital of Rioja Alta, Bodegas Muga has maintained continuous family ownership through four generations while holding to traditional winemaking methods that define the region's heritage style.
Logroño, Spain
Marqués de Murrieta belongs to Rioja’s old export story rather than the newer architecture-led cellar circuit.
Haro, Spain
López de Heredia (Viña Tondonia) is one of Rioja's most deliberate producers, ranking No. 3 on the World's Best Vineyards 2019 list and. Based in Haro, the winery is defined by extended barrel and bottle aging that runs counter to modern production timelines, releasing wines that arrive on the market years, sometimes decades, after harvest.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodegas Ysios sits in the Rioja Alavesa appellation outside the medieval walls of Laguardia, where Santiago Calatrava's wave-form architecture has made the winery as recognizable as any bottle it produces. For wine travel in northern Spain, this is a reference point for understanding how Tempranillo translates the Sierra de Cantabria's particular soils and altitude.
Haro, Spain
CVNE (Cune) is one of Haro's founding bodegas, operating from its historic Barrio de la Estación address and. The winery sits at the heart of Rioja Alta's classical winemaking tradition, producing a portfolio that has anchored the region's identity for well over a century. Plan visits through Haro's winery quarter, where advance booking is standard practice among the station district houses.
Haro, Spain
Bodegas Roda occupies a distinct position in Haro's wine quarter, translating the Rioja Alta's clay-rich soils and continental climate into structured, age-worthy Tempranillo. For those tracing the expression of place through Rioja's most serious terroirs, Roda is a considered stop.
Logroño, Spain
The winery sits on Calle Cabo Noval in the heart of Rioja's capital, offering a direct point of entry into the region's layered relationship with Tempranillo and oak-aged tradition.
Haro, Spain
Ramón Bilbao sits in Haro's storied winery district. The bodega represents a serious tier within the Rioja Alta appellation, where stone, clay, and the Sierra Cantabria's shadow define the character of the wine as much as the cellar work does.
Logroño, Spain
Campo Viejo sits along the Camino de Lapuebla de Labarca on the edge of Logroño, operating as one of Rioja's largest and most recognised commercial wine estates. Visitors come for the full winery experience, set against the backdrop of one of Spain's most storied wine appellations.
Briones, Spain
The combination places it among Rioja's more intellectually ambitious wine destinations, where the region's terroir is treated as a subject worth studying, not just drinking.
Logroño, Spain
Logroño’s urban-winery tradition gets a focused, small-scale reading at Arizcuren Bodega y Viñedos, where Rioja Oriental fruit is interpreted through old vines, minority varieties, and an educational tasting format. The draw is not estate grandeur but proximity: a workshop-style bodega in the city, connecting Sierra de Yerga vineyards with the rhythms of Logroño.
Logroño, Spain
Bardos gives Logroño a Ribera del Duero lens rather than another Rioja-facing cellar story. The project, part of Vintae, works from high-altitude Soria and Burgos fruit, with Tempranillo and Verdejo shaped around freshness, smooth tannin, and a modern, polished style.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodega 202 belongs to Rioja Alavesa’s smaller, terroir-led tier: family-run, parcel-focused, and built around Tempranillo from old high-altitude plots near Laguardia. Its appeal is less about spectacle than site expression, with more than 20 hectares across 10 parcels, sustainable dry-farmed viticulture, and a quiet appointment-only tasting format.
Logroño, Spain
Bodega Matsu is a Logroño-based winery project tied to D.O. Toro, with Raúl Acha as winemaker and Vintae Group behind the label. Its identity is built around biodynamic farming, centenary-vine fruit and a spare, modern presentation that suits travellers interested in terroir rather than cellar-door theatre.
Logroño, Spain
Bodega Ontañón puts Rioja’s wine-tour tradition into a more theatrical register: part working cellar, part art-and-mythology installation, part family winery. The stronger editorial reason to go is its link between Logroño hospitality and Sierra de Yerga fruit, with Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha and white varieties framed through guided tastings rather than a conventional cellar stop.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodega Orben gives Rioja Alavesa a contemporary frame: old-vine Tempranillo, 74 micro-plots, underground aging areas, and a hospitality format that joins tasting, retail, architecture, and gastronomy. In Laguardia, it reads less as a heritage cellar visit than as a study in how clay-limestone soils, bush vines, and modern cellar discipline can be translated into a design-led winery experience.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodega Torre de Oña is a château-style Rioja Alavesa estate in Páganos, focused on estate-grown Tempranillo, parcel work, and a calmer reading of modern Rioja. Its neoclassical manor, vineyard setting, historic chapel, and La Rioja Alta, S.A. ownership make it a useful lens on how the region has moved beyond cellar-ageing tradition toward site-specific wine.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodega Viñedos de Páganos is a reservation-led Rioja Alavesa estate built around Tempranillo, altitude and named vineyard identity. The draw is the contrast between rock-cut underground cellars, estate parcels such as El Puntido and La Nieta, and a hospitality format that connects vineyard, cellar and table without turning the visit into mass-market wine tourism.
Haro, Spain
Bodegas Bilbaínas gives Haro’s Rioja tradition a physical scale: century-old stone buildings, cobbled courtyards, vineyard views and a 3,400-square-metre underground cellar system. The estate is rooted in classic Rioja aging, Viña Pomal, large estate holdings and a notable sparkling-wine thread, making it a strong stop for visitors who want Rioja history with working-winery substance.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodegas Campillo is a Rioja Alavesa winery where estate-grown Tempranillo, château-style architecture, and contemporary art shape the visit as much as the tasting. In Laguardia, the 1990 architect-designed estate sits within 50 hectares of vineyards and holds a 2025 Best Of Wine Tourism award for Art & Culture.
Haro, Spain
Bodegas Carlos Serres gives Haro a classic Rioja reading: tempranillo-led wines, French and American oak aging, and a centenary story tied to the town’s export-era rise. The useful lens here is terroir rather than spectacle, with Finca El Estanque, clay-limestone soils, and a broad DOCa Rioja portfolio doing the serious work.
Laguardia, Spain
Bodegas Casa Primicia gives Laguardia wine tourism a rare physical anchor: medieval stone, underground cellars and a working Rioja Alavesa frame rather than a polished tasting-room script. Its strength is the link between place and production, from 15th-century fermentation tanks to organic Carravalseca wines shaped by the Sierra de Cantabria and the Ebro corridor.
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