Haro, 5 February 2018.- Verema, the reference social network for wine lovers and the one with the largest audience for Spanish speakers, has awarded Rodolfo Bastida their prize for the ‘Men of the year in the Spanish Wine Industry’. ‘This award is especially important to us because it comes from the final consumer, users of Verema, wine lovers with a lot of knowledge of the market who have their finger on the pulse of the industry, which is why we are grateful and value it enormously’ states Bastida.

The winner of the award was chosen from the result of over 12,000 votes cast by users of the wine portal par excellence. The awards ceremony for the 2016 Verema Prize winners will be held during the first day of the Experiencia Verema Valencia 2018, on Thursday 15 February in the Hotel Balneario Las Arenas.

The prize represents the recognition of the winemaking efforts made by Bodegas Ramón Bilbao over the last few years. The Rioja Bodega, with Rodolfo Bastida at the helm, has managed to combine the historic value of its 90-year track record with profound experimentation by its oenologists in pursuit of fresh, elegant wines, with a modern style, but which never lose the identity and character bestowed on them by the winemaking regions where they have their roots.

Bodegas Ramón Bilbao is acknowledged as being among the great pioneers in the transformation of the DOCa Rioja. A continuous metamorphosis which underlines the dynamic efforts of the Bodega in the search for an answer to the new demands of the market. This is confirmed by the General Manager and Technical Director, Rodolfo Bastida, ‘We are implementing a strategic plan to meet the sector’s new challenges, investments in the purchase of our own vineyards, new winemaking facilities, an optical selection sorting table and the ongoing renewal of our