The Ramirez family ,whose background in the Rioja can be traced back at least to the eleventh century, has always been dedicated to growing grapes and making wine. The new winery located in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, is equipped with the most modern systems of work and continues the family tradition. It owns 20 hectares of vineyards in San Vicente Abalos and the Sonsierra and controls over 80 ha. The winery acquires selected grape growers in the area for wine production. The winery has a capacity of 1,250,000 litres between stainless steel tanks and concrete vitrified deposits. In his drafts underground winery, the wines are aged in 1,100 Bordeaux barrels made by American and French oak, which also has a bottle rack that contains some 500,000 bottles where the wine completes its process of aging. It is now produced some 650,000 kilos of grapes, mostly used in the development of young red and rosé wines. Some 250,000 liters are intended for breeding, reserves and large reserves. The varieties of grapes which are used for red wines are Tempranillo, Garnacha and Viura for the rosé wines. Ramírez de la Piscina winery has achieved 92 points on Parker scale.