Map of Rioja Alavesa from above, Bodega El Fabulista marked with a wine glass

Winery · Rioja Alavesa

Bodega El Fabulista

Seven meters underground beneath a 17th-century palace in Laguardia — Félix María de Samaniego's wines, still made by carbonic maceration

What to do there

TourLaguardia: 300 Cellars Beneath Medieval WallsEvery house has a cellar. Every cellar has 1000 years of stories. Descend 7 meters beneath a 17th-century palace where Samaniego the fabulist was born - in tunnels that once held war plans against Castilians.

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