Matarromera group is one of the most well known wineries in Ribera and one of the most interesting enotourism projects in the area. They have:

• WINERIES: Matarromera, Renacimiento and Emina can be visited in Ribera, and Valdelosfrailes in Cigales. You can also visit the distillery Destilerías del Duero
• RESTAURANT: La Espadaña de San Bernardo offers good food and good Ribera del Duero wine
• RURAL HOUSE: Emina in Ribera del Duero is a good option for lodging in the area
• EMINA is the new wine interpretation center.
• WINES TASTING COURSES. They also organize wine tasting courses for different levels.

Matarromera. Ribera del Duero
Bodegas Matarromera are found right in the heart of the Ribera de Duero. Its facilities are partially buried in the north hillside of the Duero Valley with beautiful views that towers above the whole valley of the municipal district of Valbuena de Duero in Valladolid. Matarromera is born with clear international successes and keeps on wining most prestigious awards and recognition already enjoyed over its whole business development. Bodegas Matarromera applies a superb technology for best quality winemaking. It also incorporates a temperature-control and stainless steel vats and equipments. Bodegas Matarromera winemaking capacity reaches 650,000 litres.

Emina. Ribera del Duero
The EMINA vineyards’ origin dates back to the XII Century Cistercian monks in Olivares de Duero and Valbuena de Duero. The monks supplied their grapes varietal and also settled them in the region. At that age each monk used to have his own daily portion of wine, known as EMINA (capacity measure used in those days equivalent to 1/4 of a litre, approximately.) By recalling that age-old tradition, during the middle of the 90’s Carlos Moro set up a cellar of a careful production that owns its own vineyards and superb facilities. Leading-edge technology for best quality red wines. The cellar includes temperature-control equipment, and stainless steel vats and equipment. The vines occupy an area of 42 hectares.

Renacimiento. Ribera del Duero
The Marquis of Olivares built in the XVI Century a noble house that has stood up till now. During the XVII Century this house was the dwell of Jesuits and remained as convent until XIX Century when Church’s lands were sold (“Desamortización). At this epoch the Moro family, devoted to the viticulture business and the oenology, made the decision to restore the cellar and recreate an utmost quality wine. Then, they applied manual and handicraft process in order to handle both grape and wine with loving care and offer a product of sensory excellence. The bodega owns 85 hectares of 25, 10 and 5 –years-old vines.

Bodegas Vermilion. Ribera del Duero
Bodegas Vermilion is born in Valbuena de Duero (Valladolid), with the intention to make its own autonomous wine, capable to meet the maximum quality criterion demanded by its own authors. This wine has been granted first positioning as one of the best Spanish wines by critics and scorings of wine specialized handbooks. Furthermore it has been defined as a wine with a true personality and character that gathers attributes proper of Great Wines. The vines occupy four hectares in Valbuena de Duero.

Bodega Valdelosfrailes. Cigales
In 1998 Carlos Moro opted for overhauling and producing new red wines in the area. The Bodega Valdelosfrailes undertakes an ambitious investment plan by building two aging and bottling facilities equipped with best technology for quality wine production. Its wines enjoy of a careful winemaking process and products restrict quantity. Bodega Valdelosfriales has obtained awards and international recognition with the first marketed products enjoying of high scorings in magazines and specialized means.

Aldor D.O. Rueda.
Rueda’s wines date back to the Catholic Monarchs’ epoch, several centuries ago, when these wines were entitled of the category of Court’s Wines. The Rueda Designation of Origin stands on the high plateau of the Duero River. This terrain is made up of rarely rich brownish-grey soil, poor in organic matter but with good aeration and drainage. The Verdejo is the main and indigenous grape variety of the zone that lends wines its characteristic genuineness and quality.

Destilerias del Duero
A few metres away from the Monastery of Santa María de Valbuena and within the Emina complex, we find Duero Distilleries, which produces liquors of the highest quality, produced exclusively from the liquor distilled from grape remains from the best wineries in Ribera de Duero. Duero Distilleries combine the very old art practiced by the monks, who lived in this Cistercian temple, with the excellent grapes from the Designation of Origin ‘Ribera de Duero’ to make fine luxury liquors and herbal brandies.

 

RESTAURANT LA ESPADAÑA DE SAN BERNARDO

Within the Shelter of the Monastery, ‘Santa Maria de Valbuena’, lies the restaurant ‘La Espadaña de San Bernardo’, a restaurant whose facade is easily recognizable, mainly due to its steeple which gives its name to and crowns the building. The Restaurant is situated just 1,000 meters away from the Monastery ‘Santa Maria de Valbuena’, and from its dining hall, situated in the upper part of the building, or from its terrace, you can enjoy spectacular views during your lunch or dinner. A perfect setting to enjoy an innovative range of cuisine, but at the same time, respectful to the Castilian traditions of gastronomy.

The restaurant is open at lunch time from Tuesday to Sunday and at dinner time on Fridays and Saturdays.

RURAL HOUSE

Only 2 Km away from the Emina Wine Interpretation Centre is the Emina rural house. It is available for rent as a single property and is situated in the village of Valbuena de Duero. The Emina Rural House, an 18th century building restored to offer peace and quiet to people looking for a place to rest in this Castilian land. 3 rooms have been furnished and decorated in accordance with a the most genuine Castilian style: one living room, two bathrooms and a kitchen, sleeping up to seven people.

EMINA: WINE INTERPRETATION CENTER.

This Wine Interpretation Centre that will be open very soon, was established with the firm purpose of becoming a point of reference in ‘Ribera del Duero’. The Emina Wine Interpretation Centre is completely integrated with the surrounding area of San Bernardo, fine materials from the area having been used for this purpose. Emina is also a leisure centre where all those people who come can enjoy an unforgetable day, surrounded by nature, history, culture, gastronomy and wine.