{"id":13856,"date":"2016-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/faustino-rioja-a-brief-history"},"modified":"2018-01-05T12:17:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T11:17:24","slug":"faustino-rioja-a-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/faustino-rioja-a-brief-history","title":{"rendered":"Faustino Rioja: History and Types of Wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faustino Rioja<\/span><\/a> is one of the world\u2019s favourite Rioja wines, and comes from the historic <\/span>Bodegas Faustino<\/span><\/a>. This family-owned outfit has been making wine since 1861, and is well known for its consistently high quality wine and its eye-catching bottle designs, usually featuring distinguished paintings of Flemish-style noble figures and with specially designed bottles featuring frosted effects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A brief history of Faustino Rioja<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As we have said, the story dates back to 1861. The winery was founded by one Eleuterio Martinez Arzok, who bought vineyard land in Rioja Alavesa<\/a>. Arzok\u2019s plan was to produce bulk wine, which he did very well for many years to follow. In 1930, the operation was taken over by his son Faustino Martinez Perez de Albeniz, who began to bottle the wine for the first time. The winery began to develop a reputation for its quality, and Arzok\u2019s grandson Julio Faustino began exporting in 1960. Today, Faustino Rioja<\/strong> has around 650 hectares of vineyards, produces a wide range of wines and is the leading exporter of Gran Reserva Rioja in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The wines of Faustino Rioja<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bodegas Faustino produces a distinctive range of wines, which can be spotted by their unique bottle styles as well as their use of roman numerals in their names.<\/span><\/p>\n