Happy new year! We start 2022 continuing with the third generation of the winery… We have to keep in mind that the Riojan viticulture in the 1950s and 1960s was not a “buoyant” business. The production of the vineyards was much lower than at present and the prices of wine and grapes were very unprofitable. […]
Viñedos y bodegas de la Marquesa wishes you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022!
Did you know… who were the third generation of Bodegas de la Marquesa?
If there is an important figure in the history of our winery (with the permission of the founder), this is without a doubt, La Marquesa. As we have already told you, in 1912 María Teresa Solano, Marquesa Viuda del Socorro, and her sister María, inherited the winery and vineyards owned by their father, the Marqués […]
We share with you the ratings that several of our wines have obtained in the recently published edition of Guia Peñin 2022.
Did you know that the second generation of the family to take over the winery was made up of two women?
Did you know that one of the first prizes won by el Marques de la Solana, founder of the winery, was with a special Rioja White Wine?
Did you know that … the first years of the winery, as soon as el Marquesa de la Solana started with the aging of its wines in 1880, himself and all the growers at the moment, had to deal with one of the most important wine problems in the history of wine?
Did you know that …, although we date the winery since 1880 because it was the moment in which el Marqués de la Solana started the aging in oak barrels of the wines produced by his own vineyards, the winery cellars were built 100 years before that date and that our family was making wine […]