La Rioja Alta S.A. Group | Philosophy

Defined as the past and present transmission of know-how, expertise, methods and passion for wine.

These terms are not just cold business management concepts. Wine tells us about the land and its people, about their beliefs and customs, but also about progress, innovations, new knowledge and technologies, market trends and dynamism.

And quality is the common denominator throughout the production and ageing process.

Our long history enables us to have a long-term culture in which we make decisions with our sights on the future; unhurried, without being obsessed with immediate results. We have inherited a great legacy which, with improvements, we wish to transmit to future generations.

Our company believes that it is part of a society, that it is affected by that society’s problems and that, from a moral perspective, it has a series of social responsibilities above and beyond the fulfilment of its legal obligations.

Therefore, as everything we do is governed by ethical principles, our General Shareholders’ Meeting decided to set aside 0.7% of the profit obtained in 2006 and subsequent financial years for philanthropic and social purposes. Our wineries and vineyards are also managed under sustainable development criteria, with the utmost respect for the environment. We are likewise members of the Fundación para la Cultura del Vino (Foundation for the Culture of Wine) together with wineries of the importance of Vega Sicilia, Codorniú, Marqués de Riscal, Chivite and the Ministry of Agriculture.