Wineries Murua, of the DOCa Rioja, received yesterday in Samaniego the Best 2020 Award as one of the ten international cities and regions that are part of the global network Great Wine Capitals, Bilbao-Rioja. This winery family belongs to Masaveu Wineries and it is located in Elciego (Álava). Regarding the contest, it annually rewards the wineries of each member city that have distinguished themselves. But in terms of excellence in different categories. The goal is in promote efforts of each family to also encourage, launch initiatives and raise quality standards. As well as favoring the exchange of knowledge between regions and guiding wine tourism clients. Learn more here.
In the case of Murua, this winery has been awarded in the Art and Culture category. It has been so not only to maintain the tradition and wine culture of the area, but also for having an artistic collection. This is the property of the Masaveu Corporation. It is located in its noble building that maintains the structure of the manor houses typical of this area of La Rioja Alavesa.
El Best 2020 Award he picked it up Cello Minana, director of wine tourism at Masaveu Wineries, together with Patricia Pascual, head of visits. Miñana stated in his speech of gratitude that for the winery “it is an honor to receive this award that recognizes the effort and commitment of a family to keep alive the art and culture of wine, this being, for this winery group, another art in itself".
Wine tourism, art and culture in this Best 2020 Award
Murua Wineries allows the visitor to discover the exclusive library. Also a private art collection with sculptures, paintings and prints from the XNUMXth to the XNUMXst centuries. There you can enjoy great masters of the brush. These exhibitions feature names of such prestigious artists as Miquel Barceló, Francisco de Goya, Álvaro Alcalá Galiano, Tomás Hiepes or Juan de Arellano. But also Fernando Sotomayor, Francisco Bores or Daniel Quintero, among others. All the works of art decorate the corners of the buildings that make up the Riojan winery.
There are numerous works exhibited in the winery and related to the vintage, Vineyards and wine. Works set in taverns or scenes of a manners from different periods, which are complemented by different ethnographic and craft objects linked to wine production. On the other hand, the library is another treasure open to the traveler who comes up to The blind. Unique in the Denomination of Origin of The Rioja. The enclosure brings together more than 2.455 books and magazines, related to the world of wine from the XNUMXth century to the present day.
All of this has been recognized by the Best 2020 Award. Thus, Murua Wineries It proposes different wine tourism activities to enter and discover the culture of wine together with its art collection.
