Federico Paternina Banda Azul D.O.Ca Rioja

Founded in 1896 Federico Paternina establishes this winery on a site featuring cellars dug in the 16th century in Ollauri Rioja Alta. Bodegas Paternina is the first major wine company in Rioja the most influential, dynamic and economically powerful Its origins go back to Eduardo de Paternina, father of Federico and Marqués de Terán one of the pioneers of modern viticulture in Rioja at the behest of his close friend the Baron de Rothschild who years before had acquired the Château Brane Mouton.