Haro and the Battle of Wine
La Rioja, Spain
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Batalla del Vino
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Haro and the Battle of Wine
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On the morning of 29 June, the feast of St Peter, the people of Haro dress in white with a red neckerchief, walk or ride six kilometres north to the Riscos de Bilibio where the Ebro enters La Rioja, and spend the morning drenching each other in red wine until everybody is purple. It is a Festival of National Tourist Interest. The rest of the year Haro is simply the capital of Rioja Alta and one of the densest concentrations of serious wineries in Spain, most of them within walking distance of each other.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Come on 29 June, wear white, and accept that the white will not survive the morning
2
of 5
Walk out to the Riscos de Bilibio where it happens, at the point the Ebro enters La Rioja
3
of 5
Find out who Felices de Bilibio was — the 6th-century hermit who taught San Millán and died on this spot
4
of 5
Do a bodega tour in the town and taste Rioja where it is actually made
5
of 5
Work out the ageing classifications — crianza, reserva, gran reserva — and taste the same wine across all three
Come on 29 June, wear white, and accept that the white will not survive the morning
Walk out to the Riscos de Bilibio where it happens, at the point the Ebro enters La Rioja
Find out who Felices de Bilibio was — the 6th-century hermit who taught San Millán and died on this spot
Do a bodega tour in the town and taste Rioja where it is actually made
Work out the ageing classifications — crianza, reserva, gran reserva — and taste the same wine across all three
Before you go
The Battle of Wine is fought on the morning of 29 June, the feast of St Peter.
Nothing you wear to the Batalla del Vino will ever be clean again. Bodega visits must be booked in advance.
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