In 1870, Don Amancio Ugarte in San Vicente de la Sonsierra began making his own wines. The Pilgrim's way to Santiago, between the "Sierra de Tolono" mountain range and the medieval town of LaGuardia in Paganos, right in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa, built in 1989, the grandson of the founder, Victorino Eguren Ugarte, his new winery: the "Heredad Ugarte". The grapes comes from its own 105 ha vineyards in best clayey calcareous terrain of the Rioja Alavesa. Protected from the cold northern winds by the mountain range of Sierra de Tolono, South facing, very ripe grapes grow. The wines are still largely produced in craftsmanship, but with the help of modern winemaking technology. The special of this Winery are underground caves (Calados), which lie 20 m deep in the ground and where year-round temperatures around 12 ° C are a constant humidity of 80% and even.