Golf & Tourism Magazine July - September 2014 | Page 47

It is a center of La Rioja Government that combines in its approach three
functions: the productive, institutional and informative regarding the Rioja
wine.
Located at La Finca Grajera, in Logroño, in an environment of vineyards,
olive groves and countryside. The building furnishes a pioneering geothermal
utilization system making it a model of energy efficiency.
A BUILDING IN ITS ENVIRONMENT

INTERIOR OF THE WINERY IN LA RIOJA

The facilities have been constructed taking into account elements of
environmental sustainability and architecture fleeing the visual impact to
camouflage in an environment with high landscape value.
A CELLAR, THREE FUNCTIONS
Institutional Area - Ample reception area, which can also be used as an
exhibition space, an auditorium with capacity for 100 people and other quarters
with great versatility of use.
Production – Here, “Viña Grajera”, the institutional Government of La Rioja
wine is produced, and commercial winemaking winery is also performed in
order to be able to undertake testing and oenological research projects related
to ‘I+ D’ in the wine sector.

ELEVATION OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND BARREL AREA

Service area - The dissemination of Rioja wine has been thought when
designing the facilities contemplating visits to the cellar to see the wine making
process and spaces for tasting.
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF GEOTHERMAL UTILIZATION
The winery is equipped with a comprehensive system of geothermal
utilization, energy saving, low maintenance cost, safety or the least
environmental impact, in addition to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and
non dependency of fossil fuels are some of the advantages that brings this
energy system.
For harnessing the energy emanating from the ground 55 holes of more
than 100 m were performed. The transfer of heat from the earth to the
warehouse is via geothermal exchangers and through heat pumps the water
is distributed through all the rooms, extracting heat from the ground in winter
and transferring it to the building and, in summer, transferring the heat from
the building to the ground.

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WINE&FOOD
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BODEGA INSTITUCIONAL DE LA GRAJERA
FINCA LA GRAJERA | LOGROÑO | LA RIOJA | WWW.LARIOJA.ORG