LIVE MUSIC APERITIV TO INAUGURATE THE WINE TOURISM SEASON AT FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ.
On March 27th, Finca La Emperatriz opens its doors to the public again so that visitors and tourists can enjoy the new range of wine tourism activities offered by the winery.And to inaugurate the 2021 season, a very special event has been organized on Saturday April 3rd coinciding with Easter Week, seeking to bring wine tourism closer […]
EL JARDÍN DE LA EMPERATRIZ BLANCO: THE NEW 2020 VINTAGE IS RELEASED
Brothers Eduardo and Víctor Hernáiz have just launched the new 2020 vintage of El Jardín de La Emperatriz Blanco, after the warm welcome given -both by critics and the public- to the new references unveiled last year of their most emblematic project: Finca La Emperatriz. This Rioja Alta makes, together with El Jardín de la Emperatriz […]
EL PEDAL TEMPRANILLO 2019 IS RELEASED WITH 90 PARKER POINTS
A few months after the 2018 vintage was sold out, the new El Pedal Tempranillo 2019, the Rioja Alta subzone wine from the Hernáiz brothers Eduardo and Víctor, has arrived into the market. Vintage after vintage, opinion leaders continue confirming the quality of this label: the Peñín Guide has given it 91 points in its 2021 edition, also maintaining the 5 […]
FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ SUPPORTS THE RIOJAN HOSPITALITY SECTOR WITH SCHOLARSHIPS TO OBTAIN WSET CERTIFICATION IN WINE (Wine & Spirit Education Trust).
Finca La Emperatriz Wine School; provider of the official qualifications from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, has organized during February a program of scholarshiped courses for professionals in the Riojan hospitality sector to obtain the official Level 1 Award in Wines. An international certification recognized by the world’s leading beverage companies and organizations. Candidates who […]
LAS CENIZAS 2017 IS RELEASED, A NEW VINTAGE WITH THE SAME SUCCESS AMONG THE CRITICS
It has been little over two years now since Las Cenizas, a wine made by Hermanos Hernáiz, was released with its 2015 vintage. After years of studying the plots owned by the Hernáiz family in Cenicero -the hometown of Eduardo and Víctor-, this wine, with which the brothers recovered the original character of the traditional […]
30 HECTARES OF SINGULAR – AND SINGLE – VINEYARD
The Rioja D.O. has begun putting into practice the new classification of its vineyards, which was passed into law last July. At the pinnacle of this new pyramid is a category called ‘Singular Vineyard’, which expresses both the geographical aspect and uniqueness of the 154 hectares which have deemed to meet the strict criteria laid […]
MASTERS OF WINE AT FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ
The whole event aimed to show part of the new geographical classification in Rioja, and the Viñedos Hermanos Hernáiz project was one of those chosen. The even took place at the family’s iconic estate, Finca la Emperatriz, as well as showcasing “Las Cenizas”, the new wine from Cenicero that the family launched in 2018. As for […]
ARE WINE CRITICS NECESSARY?
Who hasn’t heard of Robert Parker? In the world of wine, there is probably no-one who isn’t aware of this American lawyer, though they nothing of his work in the courtroom. A passionate wine-lover, he launched his seminal wine journal The Wine Advocate in 1978 purely as a way of publishing his own opinions on the wines […]
