Weddings for up to 250 guests, meetings, conventions and company meals can be held at Bodegas Eguren Ugarte, a family winery with its own hotel near Laguardia, in Rioja Alavesa, in the Basque Country. The estate hosts one wedding per day, rents meeting rooms to companies and has 21 bedrooms on site. It stands at Páganos, at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria and surrounded by vineyards.
Seminars and company events
The hotel rents rooms for meetings, conventions and company meals, and lists equipped meeting rooms among its services. The team advises on any company or private event and offers group menus. A working day can include a visit to the winery and a tasting: the estate runs wine tourism activities such as tours, tastings and other experiences around wine. Ask the events team for room sizes and layouts, which are not published.
Weddings and receptions
The wedding facilities take up to 250 guests in an open hall decorated with gilded barrels. Ceremonies can be held indoors or outdoors, and the estate offers several options for the cocktail and the dancing. Only one wedding takes place each day, so the couple has the venue to themselves.
The wedding offer includes table centerpieces made with old vine stock and fresh flowers chosen from three types, personalized menu cards, use of the gardens and vineyards for photographs, a welcome drink served with a wine chosen by the winery, and staff who greet and guide guests. For weddings of at least 60 guests, the couple receives a suite. Guests staying at the hotel receive a discount, and the whole hotel can be booked for the wedding party. Special menus are prepared for allergies, vegetarian and gluten-free diets. A wedding catalog lists spaces, menus and wines.
Rooms and capacities
The estate publishes one figure: 250 guests in the main wedding hall. The hotel also has equipped meeting rooms, a reading room, outdoor terraces and a café service. The underground winery, with 2,000 meters of tunnels, can be visited by groups.
Accommodation
The hotel has 21 bedrooms: 15 Comfort rooms, 4 Deluxe and 2 Premium, with views over the vineyards. Each has free Wi-Fi, a desk, a minibar, international TV, air conditioning and heating, and a safe. Breakfast, buffet and à la carte, is included in every booking. The hotel offers electric car chargers and access for guests with disabilities.
Catering
The estate runs two restaurants: Martín Cendoya, a traditional restaurant, and Victorino Eguren, a gastronomic restaurant. Wedding and group menus come from the estate's kitchen and are served with its Rioja Alavesa wines.
History and setting
Six generations of the Eguren family have grown wine in Rioja Alavesa. Vitorino Eguren, of the fifth generation, built the winery in 1989 on the family's largest property, the Sotovin estate in Páganos. The winery is dug into the ground, with 2,000 meters of cellars. The family farms 93 hectares of its own vineyards and makes Rioja wines including Martín Cendoya, Anastasio and a Malvasía white.
Getting there
The winery is near Laguardia, in the province of Álava, in Rioja Alavesa. Logroño is the nearest city.
