Bodegas Muga

This is a copy of an email I sent the Muga Family. We would highly recommend the Bodegas Muga.
Dear Muga Family
We have just spent a wonderful lunch time tasting wines and eating food at your courtyard restaurant.
We even met one of the Muga family. See attached photos.
She was most welcoming and although we couldn’t speak Spanish we very much enjoyed meeting her. Please pass on our thanks and gratitude to her for her hospitality.
Thank you once again for the experience of good wine, fine food and wonderful hospitality.
Best Wishes
David, Pat & Meg the dog

What a fantastic place to visit! We have visited quite a few vineyards in France and England but never a Bodega in Spain. We were very lucky to choose Bodegas Muga. The tour was really interesting, as Muga is the only one to make it's own barrels. Seeing how the barrels are made was an added bonus, also the selection of Oak trees and the buying process was very interesting.
Sasha, our guide was incredible. She knew so much about the wine making process, the cooperage and the wines. Good luck in your WAST exams!!
Manuela, in the shop was also very helpful. I am now looking forward to the many bottles of wine I have in Bertha, our motorhome!!!
We will definitely be back.
If you only have time for one visit then choose Muga!!!

Had an amazing time at Bodegas Muga! The tour was absolutely fascinating, offering a deep dive into the winery's rich history and culture. What sets Muga apart is that they're the exclusive winery in Spain crafting their own barrels, which adds a cool and distinctive touch to the experience. capping it all off, the wine was truly stellar! If you find yourself in Haro, it's definitely a must-visit.

Nice place to visit, especially you know the brand and tasted their wines before. It’s very interesting and like a flash back from the wines

Visited Bodegas Muga with some friends from Barcelona, and had a great tour.
Our tour guide, Sasha was very good, and for an English tour, she did amazing.
During the tour, we got to see an active, working winery…
From the fermentation to aging to bottling, which they were doing as we visited.
We also got to see the wine cemetery and the barrel cooperage areas.
The end of tasting was well balanced with a white, young red and a Crianza.
We also, tried a Grand Reserva Vino Tinto afterwards in the tasting room.
Well worth the $ for the tour, plan on 2-2 1/2 hours.

Road-trip: La Rioja, Haro - this traditional and highly regarded winemaker is located in the heart of La Rioja in Haro. It offers guided tours as well as other activities (advanced reservations recommended), a wine bar, a tasting room and a restaurant. You can also pop in to buy some of its prized wines. Tip: Staying in the neighboring town of Briñas, you can walk along the Ebro river to Haro and it’s world class bodegas in less than hour. If you choose to drive, there’s a large parking lot across the street.

We have a very pleasant experience during our visit of the winery. Our guide Sasha gave us a lot of interesting information on wine processing we have no idea before. Degustation was a nice finish of the visit with a possibility to continue in their local wine bar. Definitely worth visiting!

A superb visit to the Bodega, however my favourite part was the visit to the companies very own Cooperage, a real surprise to see such craft work being performed on the premises.

A very informative visit which was enjoyed by all. Thank you to our guide Sacha.

We managed to walk in at 1pm on Sunday even though we didn’t have a reservation. Wine flight tasting was €12 for half glass portion and it could be shared amongst 2 people. We tried an extra glass of wine that was excluded from the flight and was pleasantly surprised. Walked out with 3 bottles of wine (could’ve been more but this was only our first stop), and was truly satisfied. The staff over the counter was amazing and very friendly, answered our questions happily and explained them thoroughly. I didn’t get her name but the other staff was just as fantastic. Overall a great experience and I would recommend for anyone to visit!!

Excellent tour of the winery where you can still feel the tradition and production is of top quality. Interesting to learn about wines and even see how the batrrels are made. Probably one of the last cellars where they do that. The guide Sasa was very knowladgable, atentive, entertaining....And the wines we tasted all good, especially the red ones. There is also a shop and a bar worth to stop by.

We were visiting from NYC and meeting our family for a special family reunion. We were a group of 15 (2 grandparents, 8 adults and 7 teens/young adults). Thank you Miguel for helping us organize the tour/lunch and thank you Manuela for a great tour.

The lunch at Muga was a particular highlight of the trip. It was set up in a beautiful room with a big round table(with a lazy susan in the middle) that accommodated everyone. The service was super friendly and the chef was very accommodating, (as you can imagine in a group of 15, we do have some picky eaters) Everything was delicious, but the pochas were the best we had during the trip. Needless to say that the wine pairing was exceptional and flowed freely during the 2.5h lunch.

If you have a big group this is a must (think minimum is 8-10 people).

Our first time at Haro, wanting to taste wine but not sure where. So many wine cellars and we only had 1/2 day to spend in Haro. Wine Cellar “Muga” attracted us due to the fact that it’s the only cellar in Spain with a master cooper and three in-house barrel-makers. We got there at 1pm and the last wine tour was at 12:30. We decided to buy 1 bottle and drink it in the terraza, there at the Cellar. Jose, the wine server, went above and beyond. He explained to us the wine process, from the beginning of harvest to the end. He took the time to share with us his immense knowledge; something we will cherish for life. Thank you Jose, thank you!, thank you, thank you. From the bottom of our heart, thank you! We ended up meeting one on the owners and he was so nice and kind that he spend a few minutes of his valuable time, with us and even invited us a bottle of wine and a “tabla of chorizo” sooooo good. Overall, this was THE best wine experience we have had. We highly recommend this wonderful place to all!!

The bar was great for tasting wine. There were only four chairs but it was okay for me coming alone. I chose a wine flight of four reds and a with or a rose. Rose was a boring Provence style wine. First red Muga is sold in Spain as Crianza and elsewhere Reserva. I haven't liked it before and I didn't like much now. Next wines very more interesting and brought me in my memories to my childhood home.
Overall Muga was a real good experience and exceeded my expectations.

We've had some Muga wines before, but last time we've been here we missed the opening times. And that was 7 years ago. This time we went in the morning already to make sure to be able to do some tasting.

It's a classy tasting room. A mix of modern and traditional, very stylish. Staff is fantastic, very friendly and helpful. We were travelling with our Bulldog, so one of us waited outside. But we were able to bring the wines just outside in front of the entrance, which was nice of them.

The wines are great here. The Muga Crianza and Reserva offer great typical Rioja flavours for little money. But compared to some other wineries, these wines here are heavier and smoother at the same time. Great value.

The Prado Enea and the Torre Muga do cost more, but are worth every buck. Two of our favourites and here on the vineyard they cost a lot less than at our home. Their flagship, the Aro, we didn't drink yet. It was not available for tasting, which is understandable (wouldn't make sense prise-wise). But we definitely will get a bottle next time we visit. Especially here you are able to get it for a great price.

All in all a fantastic visit and one of our very favourite wine producer from Spain. We will be back.

Amazing, in depth tour conducted perfectly by Sasha. She spoke perfect English and was very knowledgeable. Great value for money and well worth a visit

Great tour of the traditional wine making process. We visited in early January - personal attention to questions and fine tasting! Loved the visit!!!

Lovely wines and great building but the shop / tasting area feels just a little too commercial for my taste though many will love it.
Either way, not to be missed.

One of the most con comprehensive tours I've been on. The winery keeps to very traditional methods and even shows you how the barrels and storage units are made.

Amazing wine! But I commend not only their wine, their customer service was superb. Carmen, our delightful sommelier, was as knowledgeable as she was welcoming. We arrived moments before they closed, but she was kind enough to patiently guide us through a speed run of some of their nicest wines. A lovely family owned vineyard. We left slightly more cultured, slightly more inebriated, and much happier. I highly recommend the experience.

Although I was on a short tour of Rioja, the wine I had at Muga was the most enjoyable that I had. I would suggest picking up as many bottles as you can of the 2010 gran reserva while they still have some left. I only had space for two and am saving them for a few years still. Make sure to arrive while the wine bar is open.