Fillaboa Wineries, part of the Rías Baixas DO and a member of the Rías Baixas Wine Route, received last Friday the award for Best Wine Tourism Spot or Landscape at the 7th Wine Tourism Awards “Rutas del Vino de España,” organized by the Spanish Association of Wine Cities (ACEVIN), in a ceremony held at the Auditorium of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. Chelo Miñana, Director of Wine Tourism at Masaveu Wineries, the wine group to which Bodegas Fillaboa belongs, accepted the award from Rosa Melchor, President of ACEVIN, and Inmaculada Aguado-Muñoz, Head of the Support Unit of the Directorate-General for Tourism Policies of the State Secretariat for Tourism. She stated that the award “represents recognition of the incredible Rías Baixas landscape and the opportunity that wine tourism offers to enjoy it by exploring the magnificent Fillaboa estate—thanks to the daily care of a great team of professionals that allows us not only to produce renowned and acclaimed wines but also to immerse ourselves in this magical and incomparable setting.”
This estate, bordering the Tea and Miño rivers, with its manor house, large stone wall, winery, vineyards, and garden where camellias, olive trees, magnolias, and chestnuts grow, forms, according to a unique landscape, one that “both for its history and its heritage, could very well have come from any storybook or narrative… in which it is easy to imagine the dwelling of the fantastic beings of Galician mythology, making the wine tourism experience a unique and fascinating moment.”
In this 7th Edition of the Wine Tourism Awards “Rutas del Vino de España,” a total of 123 applications were submitted, coming from proposals from 27 of the 37 Wine Routes that currently make up the Wine Routes of Spain brand.
Fillaboa Wineries
Fillaboa is a historic manor whose estate has remained undivided over the centuries, being one of the largest, most beautiful, and oldest estates in Galicia, and the only one that, due to its special characteristics, belongs to Grandes Pagos de España. Behind the 1,600 meters of the thick stone wall that protects the property, in addition to the vineyards, lie the winery and a spectacular reconstructed stately manor.
50 hectares of Albariño vineyards planted on rolling hills make up the
About Masaveu Wineries
The Masaveu family began investing in the winemaking sector in 1974, when they acquired Bodegas Murua, but the family’s vineyard plantings date back to the mid-19th century, specifically in Castellar del Vallés, where the family originates and where Federico Masaveu Rivell started the steps that a century later would be continued by his descendants.
Since then, Masaveu Wineries has grown steadily with a strong commitment to quality in the production of its wines across different DOs, embracing an ecological philosophy and utmost respect for the land, where it owns its own vineyards, allowing them to convey the unique personality of each terroir in every bottle. In this way, all of Masaveu Wineries projects across different parts and regions of the country come together under a common denominator: Murua (DOCa. Rioja), Fillaboa (DO. Rías Baixas), Pagos de Araiz (DO. Navarra), Leda (Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León), and Valverán (Asturias).
