BOD. UNION DE COSECHEROS LABASTIDA

The cultivation of the vine in the Iberian Peninsula goes back to more than 5,000 years ago. However, it was the Romans, in their need to supply the empire's troops, who gave a strong boost to the wine-growing areas of the Ebro river basin. The region in which we settle takes therefore more than 2,000 years centering its productive activity around the culture of the wine, even before taking form ...many of the present towns of the Rioja. Half a century ago, a group of winemakers from Labastida (Rioja Alavesa), heirs of this culture, embark on a new wine-producing project. They had some magnificent vineyards located in the area that everyone called "Solagüen", an area that enjoyed a very good reputation and prestige among the locals, so they take this name as a brand for their wines. Solagüen is a very old place-name of Basque origin, coined many centuries ago. Its meaning is "in the upper part or beyond the meadow or pasture", and identifies lands where in old times the cattle were no longer cultivated or grazed and therefore were used to plant vines. In our case, that name was given to the lands located between the current municipal terms of Haro and Labastida.