We stayed at Eguren Ugarte, a winery that just opened a hotel in January 2010.

We went with our Madrid friends, John, Lis, Jean, Antoine, Lola, Gonzalo, Chris and me (Neil).

95 year old vines. The vineyard is a field blend with Tempranillo, Grenache and Malvasia.

This vine is unidentifiable until the leaves appear later in the Spring.

A walk thru the caves.

The have a program to sell wine by the barrel direct to the consumer.

The caves are deep.

Lots of individual storage areas.

I fit in a future storage unit.

The tour ended in a private room, complete with fireplace, vineyard views on three sides, jamon, bread and five wines. Here are four of the ones we tasted.

We lunched at the winery; the lamb was amazing. Simple, yet so tasty.

Food is cooked in wood-burning ovens, at the entrance to the restaurant, filled with vine trimmings. Check out the smoke.

The girls, back at the hotel. Lola, Chris and Lis.

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