Reservations

Information and Reservations:
Telf.: 945 62 33 73 · Fax: 945 60 92 89
E-mail: enoturismo@luiscanas.com
Contact person: Carmen Peña

CONDITIONS:

  • Tours last about an hour and a half.
  • All tours depend on availability and there is a maximum number of visitors so it is essential to book in advance.
  • To prevent accidents we recommend access for children over ten, providing they are accompanied by an adult.
  • The cellar will group together individual bookings if it deems this to be necessary.
  • Please be punctual so that we can offer a better service.

* The conditions above are subject to alteration.

Wine Tourism Intro

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY:  EXPERIENCE WINE FROM THE VINE TO THE GLASS

Wine tourism is a voyage through the emotions. A unique experience that will immerse you in the secrets behind our wines.
Come and experience wine tourism in the shadow of the majestic Sierra de Cantabria. From your arrival at the winery itself, surrounded by vineyards, you will gradually discover every corner of our house. We invite you to feel the heartbeat of the wine among barrels, to imbibe its colours, aromas and flavours, and to share in our passion for the land, its history and its people. A whole legacy of emotions with which to enjoy wine with all 5 senses.

WINE BAR / TASTING

In addition to guided tours, as always, you will also be able to access our store or taste our wines by the glass at the Wine Bar, a space where we take care of the service and where our specialized team can advise you when choosing a thematic tasting or ordering an appetizer from our menu.

We look forward to seeing you!

Winebar and wine shop opening hours:

Monday – Friday:   9h00 – 16h00

Saturday:  10h30 – 14h30

 

BOOK

Guided Tastings and Experiences

  • Introduction to wine tasting. Basic notions for beginners which will help you to understand and get greater enjoyment from wine. A first step which will open the doors to a magical world of sensations.
  • Product tasting. Horizontal and vertical. Discover our wines through the tasting of several of our labels. How the grapes are selected, the winemaking process, ageing and then finally ….we let the wine speak for itself.
  • Wine-food pairing ( chocolates, cheeses, jelly sweets, tapas… etc)
  • Experience in harvests.
  • El Regollar experience with a visit to a historic, 100 year old vineyard.
  • Weekend with the Luis Cañas Family, trip to Rioja Alavesa and Ribera.
  • And much more…

Small groups. Check available dates and prices. For other types of visits or wine tourism experiences, contact the winery.

PHILOSOPHY

Our challenge is the pursuit of perfect wines.
Craftsmanship starts with the best vines, where we practise rational viticulture which respects the environment throughout the growing cycle.
We believe that tradition does not need to clash with innovation, but rather they go hand-in-hand in order to improve.
Care, perfection and loving attention to what we do can be seen from the very way we transport the clusters of grapes, in small plastic crates in the case of the oldest vineyards and in small trailers for younger vines.
As well as selecting on the vine itself, ALL Luis Cañas wines undergo a double selection process. First they pass through a sorting table where the clusters are selected by hand and subsequently, each individual berry is checked on a Mistral table, so that only those in perfect condition continue in the process.
The most stringent winemaking process. We select the French- and American-oak casks, from among the best cooperages in the world. The cask stock is renewed continuously, so the average age is three years. A real luxury.

Committed to quality and to society.
In 2006 we started a pioneering project in Spain: the construction of a home for agricultural workers.
With room for 40 people in separate dormitories for men and women, toilets, and also laundry, industrial kitchen, canteen, rest room and infirmary. This initiative received the prestigious 2008 Caring Company Award given by the magazine Dato Económico.
Always committed to the environment and to quality, we were the first winery in Spain to obtain the BRC Protocol with AENOR, the ISO 14.000, the ISO 9.002 quality certification, and we inaugurated our own Waste water Treatment Plant.

OUR VINEYARDS

Our starting point is the conviction that, “you can only make the best wines from the best grapes”, hence our obsession with the vineyards.

In the heart of the Rioja Alavesa, that’s where you will find our vineyards, sheltered below the Sierra Cantabria. Surely one of the best vine growing areas in the world. The vineyards, mainly small plots and advanced in years, are characterised by being located in chalky-clay soils with low fertility, mainly on slopes and terraces, with an ideal microclimate and exposure to the sun which makes them unique.

As a result of these conditions, we obtain low yields, small clusters and berries of excellent quality. More than 1000 tiny plots are needed to complete the approximately 450 hectares of estate-owned or cellar-controlled vineyards.

Respect for the environment and the hard work of each and every link in the human chain involved in the process are vital for turning the boon of rational viticulture into success. Rational viticulture is a farming system which optimises the use of natural resources and mechanisms to the maximum, guaranteeing the future of sustainable agriculture. Biological, chemical and other methods are carefully selected and balanced in order to ensure the protection of the environment. The use of herbicides, synthetic fertilisers and aggressive products or practices is strictly forbidden in order to protect the surroundings and obtain vines with a strengthened immune system so that they can defend themselves on their own. For this work, we have a specific field department made up of 3 agricultural technical engineers and oenologists as well as 8 workers who are true vineyard masters.
The aim is to have healthy land, (surely the best legacy we can leave for future generations) and as a result, healthier fruit and wines.