Photo Friday: Bodegas Ysios (Spanish Winery)

I love unusual architecture, and I sure found some near Laguardia, Spain in the Rioja wine making region.  We came to this unique looking winery while on a tour of the Basque Country of northern Spain.  Bodegas Ysios was founded in 2001, as a winery for the 21^st century.

This shot is leading up to the wonderful building designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava.  As you can see the building's shape sort of mimics the shape of the mountains.

This view shows the moat that stretches the length of the winery building. 

And of course all wineries must have --- what?  Wine of course!  This shot shows just a few of the barrels that fill the room.  The winery’s vineyards cover in excess of 50 hectares and have a capacity of 1.5 million bottles per year.

Cheers!

Thanks to Debbie of Delicious Baby for organizing Photo Friday and spreading such wonderful images across the Web.

Come Back on Monday for a post about photographing the Dodge fountain in Downtown Detroit.

© Tim Marks 2009

Comments

[wandermom]

Oooh! Count me in!
I'm planning a trip to Northern Spain next summer (I know, 2010 - I plan ahead!). Putting this on the list of places to visit now.

Thanks for sharing and these are great photos.

[jessie voigts]

how cool is that? i've not seen that building before!

[Dominique]

This was such a cool building, and I loved that we made the stop there specifically to see the architecture.
Great work, Tim!

[Cate]

Super cool, to make wine look delcious even inside the barrels, now thats talent!

[Becks Davis]

My time in Spain has been spent mainly in the Costa Del Sol with a bit of Barcelona thrown in. So, I haven't been to northern Spain but that building is amazing!

[Tim]

Thanks for all the comments.

Dom
Yup. Worth the stop

Wandermom
You will really love Northern Spain. The Basque are very friendly and I found the food better than Paris, true. They do consider themselves Basque rather than Spanish however.

Jessie & Cate
I'm not a wine drinker but I thought repeating shapes and symmetry was quite cool. Also the way the architect made the roof line mimic the mountains is cool. The Pyrenees are beautiful.

Thanks Becks
Sound like an excuse to visit the Basque country when you go back to visit.

[Carolina]

Wow, what a great building and landscape. You got some awesome shots. Now if I could just get a glass of wine and tapas, I'd be even better.

[Amy @ The Q Family]

That's one cool building! I love that it has blended in with nature at the same time has the twist of modern design.

[Tim]

Thanks Carolina and Amy

It is so different than all the buildings we saw while we werer in Spain. 300 to 500 yeqrs old was common. Many of the houses in the villages were from the 17th century. Then this, as I've always said -- Different is good.