In this updated post we will be showing you the best wineries in Spain.
Each person has a taste. In the case of wine, this becomes even more complicated. Wine is… different?. Something similar may apply to the wineries in which wine is produced. Winery owners put great effort into making sure their wineries look fantastic. This has to do with pride for sure, but it is also a very powerful marketing weapon in the hands of wine brands. Visitors to any wine region will most probably remember the building of a given winery, or its tasting room, or the terrace or windows facing the vineyards….
But building a winery is not just about the actual, obvious, building. Wine is produced in that building! Daily chores need to be made simple thanks to the design of the building. And wine should be as little manipulated as possible. The architect´s design is crucial in this respect.
It is not easy to describe something as being the best. If this is not obvious with a color: red, blue, yellow, or green, it becomes more complex when we speak about wine. Put wine and architecture together and you get an idea of how complex it can get to speak about the best wineries in Spain! One thing should stay clear at this stage. We are going to concentrate on the buildings, not on the wines produced. And a second and equally important thing. A fantastic building does not imply a fantastic wine tour experience. As a matter of fact, many wine expert guides prefer to visit smaller, family-owned wineries where they make sure they get a superb overall experience.
We will not limit the list to modern and super fancy wineries with a very special design, but also include more traditional wineries on the list. But we will limit ourselves to the aesthetics of the wineries, their shapes, how they fit with their environment, and their designs. This seems to us much easier than trying to come up with a mixture of winery and wines produced at their ranking! We will do a selection of modern and traditional wineries, and not just focus on the ones with very unusual architecture.