We can enjoy a summer beyond the beach, the sun, and the sand. Wine tourism is an ideal alternative plan. It is obvious, our preferences could be various and that the option of the sea is always there on these dates. But we want to offer a different opportunity to lovers of wine, history, gastronomy, or culture: a summer of wine tourism. These lines offer you recommendations and 4 tips for an authentic wine tourism summer in Rioja Alavesa, a perfect destination for this season.

1. Tours and tastings

There are those who think that the vineyards in July or August are not as interesting as in October. We come to refute them. In summer the vineyards are in a phase of continuous growth and precisely because of the intensity of sunlight in this season and the long days being, the grapes begin to ripen and the green tones of the leaves intensify. The vineyards become leafy and Rioja Alavesa offers you postcards and beautiful landscapes where green is the protagonist. What better than the tastings and visits to Bodegas Ostatu to experience it on your own!

2. The wine history on the museums

Another recommendation for your tourism plan in Rioja Alavesa this summer is learning more about the history of wine. But from a real cultural and artistic perspective. Videos, documents, archives, paintings… Along these lines, the region has two museums suitable for this:

    • Casa Museo la Abadía de Morata, in Laguardia, full of videos and archives and with an exhibition of the most interesting pieces.
    • Centro Temático del Vino de Villa Lucía, also in the same town and with the peculiarity of offering a 4D wine experience.

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3. Hiking routes and sports

When we say that tourism in Rioja Alavesa is more than wine, we mean it for a reason. This beautiful region also has alternatives linked to sports. The privileged environment in which we find ourselves, between the Sierra Cantabria and the Ebro river, offers incredible hiking routes (or by bicycle, for the most spirited) glimpses of hectares of vineyards and hills, or giving us the possibility of rowing down aboard a kayak. For this reason, sport is also among the 5 tips to enjoy an authentic wine tourist summer in Rioja Alavesa.

4. Traditional and charming medieval villages

And if we talk about exercise, but not of high intensity, our region can also offer it to you. Walk and get lost in these towns where in each fortress and medieval wall you will discover pieces of history. Samaniego, Laguardia, Lanciego, Labastida…