{"id":6457,"date":"2025-08-06T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/familia-valdelana-mejor-vino-blanco-rioja\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T11:05:04","slug":"rioja-alavesa-harvest-festival-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/rioja-alavesa-harvest-festival-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"We are the most awarded winery at the Rioja Alavesa Harvest Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The town of Samaniego\u00a0 hosted the XXXI Wine Competition with DOCa Rioja, an event that, once again, <\/span><b>has recognized the quality of our wines. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this occasion, six of our wines have received some prize in this competition organized by the Rioja Alavesa Harvest Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important wine competitions in Spain<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The town of Samaniego\u00a0 hosted the XXXI Wine Competition with DOCa Rioja, an event that, once again, <\/span><b>has recognized the quality of our wines. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this occasion, six of our wines have received some prize in this competition organized by the Rioja Alavesa Harvest Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2a-XXXI-Concurso-vinos-DOca-Rioja-ganadores.jpg\" alt=\"XXXI Concurso Vinos con DOca Rioja - Ganadores\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valdelana, one of the most awarded wineries at the Rioja Alavesa contest<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The six awards obtained this year have been a milestone within the contest since <\/span><b>it is very difficult for the same winery to win so many awards in the same edition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Likewise, Valdelana has accumulated a large number of distinctions in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DBi8qeiNZEP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Ver esta publicaci\u00f3n en Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DBi8qeiNZEP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida de Bodegas Valdelana (@bodegasvaldelana)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These have been the six awards this year<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Four of this year&#8217;s awards have gone to wines from our unique vineyards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the projects in which we have invested the most energy and affection in recent times. For this reason, it could be said that the joy has been even greater. The greatest distinction has been in the category \u201cWhite Wines from Unique Vineyards\u201d, where Pared de los Curas and Tronco Negro have achieved first and second place, while Santa Cruz and Senda Las Damas have been second and third best \u201cRed Wines from Unique Vineyards\u201d. For its part, the Juan Valdelana wine has achieved second place in the \u201cGreat Wines &#8211; Personal Wines\u201d category and our iconic Bar\u00f3n Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara has been the third best \u201cTinto Crianza\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-fw link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-for=\"#informacion-reveal\">Visit our online shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1a-Bodegas-Valdelana-seis-premios-fiesta-de-la-vendimia-Rioja-Alavesa.jpg\" alt=\"Bodegas Valdelana, seis premios en el XXXI Concurso de Vinos con DOca Rioja (Samaniego)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our whites, the great winners of the last edition<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the XXX edition of the competition organized in Laguardia, our whites Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara and Familia Valdelana were distinguished as <\/span><b>the best and the second best white wine from the Rioja Denomination of Origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1a-Judit-Valdelana-recoge-el-premio-al-mejor-blando-de-Rioja.jpg\" alt=\"Judit Valdelana recoge el premio al segundo mejor blanco de Rioja en la Fiesta de la Vendimia de Rioja Alavesa 2023\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Familia Valdelana was already the best young white of the DOCa Rioja 2022<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The town of Lanciego hosted the XXVII Rioja Alavesa Harvest Festival in 2022, an edition that recognized our Familia Valdelana as the best white of the DOCa Rioja and <\/span><b>our signature Agnvs as the second best<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the whites. fermented in barrels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2a-premio-mejor-blanco-familia-valdelana-fiesta-vendimia.jpg\" alt=\"Bodegas Valdelana recibe el premio a los mejores vinos blancos en la Fiesta de la Vendimia de Rioja Alavesa\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our whites were also distinguished in 2020<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The year of the pandemic our white wines were also awarded. In this case, the Familia Valdelana white was once again considered <\/span><b>the best young white and the AGNVS Malvas\u00eda the best barrel-aged white<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3231 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sin-titulo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AGNVS and Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara de Autor, best crianzas in 2019<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been the whites who have taken all the recognition in recent years, but <\/span><b>the glory went to the Crianzas previously<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Agnvs and Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara autor were considered the best and the second best aged wine of the DOCa. Rioja among the more than 300 participants in the edition held in Ba\u00f1os de Ebro in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2a-Judit-valdelana-mejores-crianza-fiesta-vendimia-rioja-alavesa-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Judit Valdelana recoge el premio Mejor crianza Fiesta de la Vendimia de Rioja Alavesa 2019\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018 it was the turn of our author AGVNS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our good results in this competition began in 2018, when our signature Agnvs won<\/span><b> the medal for the best unique wine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Rioja in the competition held that year in Elvillar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/juan-valdelana-fiesta-de-la-vendimia.jpg\" alt=\"Juanje y Juan Valdelana recogen premios en la fiesta de la vendimia de Rioja Alavesa 2018\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan Valdelana, the main responsible for these good results<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the result of great teamwork that our wines have achieved such success in this competition, a milestone of which all the generations that have preceded us have been a part. However, the vast <\/span><b>majority of award-winning wines today have the seal of Juan Valdelana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has been connected to the world of wine from a very young age. Juan Valdelana graduated in oenology from the University of La Rioja (2017), where he won the award for the best final year project, which allowed him to work at the Rioja Regulatory Council and immerse himself in the roots of the DOCa Rioja for a few months. Later he graduated in Agricultural Engineering, which has given him knowledge in all areas of wine preparation. Furthermore, he has had the opportunity to work in wineries in different places in Spain and the world (Tenerife, R\u00edas Baixas, Napa Valley&#8230;), which has allowed him to explore other ways of experiencing wine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/juan-valdelana-en-california.jpg\" alt=\"Juan Valdelana trabajando en Napa Valley (California)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also note that <\/span><b>Juan has spent years treasuring and caring for unique vineyards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the great winners of the last edition of this contest. Currently, Juan has eleven vineyards of this type, of which he is producing seven very special wines. Among other success, Tronco Negro was distinguished as the <a title=\"Tronco Negro, the best white wine from a singular vineyard in the DOCa Rioja\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/tronco-negro-best-singular-white-wine-rioja-decanter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best singular of the DOCa Rioja<\/a> by the prestigious magazine Decanter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KgBVkv7V-VI?si=v6suLOl4eEVExpvv\" width=\"100%\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have been receiving great joy at the Rioja Alavesa Harvest Festival for several years, but we keep the energy and enthusiasm intact to <\/span><b>continue preparing good wines in the future<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thank you all for your constant support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-fw link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/shop\/\" data-for=\"#informacion-reveal\">Interested in these wines? 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