Definition: wine-making architecture

1) Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia, Rioja, Spain, architect Santiago Calatrava, 2001.

2) CVNE, Haro, Rioja Alavesa, near Logroño, Spain, architect Philippe Mazières.

3) Mezzacorona Group, Citadella del Vino by Alberto Cecchetto, Mezzocorona (Trento), northern Italy.

4) Dominus Estate, Christian Moueix Napa Valley, California, Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron.

5) Bodega Séptima, Codorniù Group, Mendoza, Argentina, architects Eliana Bórmida and Mario Yanzón.

6) Bodega Catena Zapata, Nicolás Catena, architect Pablo Sánchez Elía, 2001.

7) Bodega Perez Cruz, Paine, Chile, architect José Cruz Ovalle, Santiago de Chile, 2002.

8) Las Niñas Vineyard. Chile, 1999, architect Mathias Klotz.

9) Opus One Winery, Napa Valley, Mondavi-Rothschild joint venture, architects Johnson, Fain and Pereira, 1984.

10) Marques de Riscal, Elciego (Alava), Spain, Canadian architect Frank Gehry, 2004.

11) Le Clos Jordan Winery, Lincoln, Ontario (CA), architect Frank Gehry and Associates, 2006.

12) Château Haut-Selve was created from scratch in the Graves region by architect-designer Sylvain Dubuisson. A magnificent wine cellar combines tradition and futurism, the art of wine and the art of living. It is one of the most spectacular discoveries to be made in the Bordeaux region.

13) Château Branda in Cadillac-en-Fronsadais is set to become one of the most intelligent and enjoyable tourist attractions in the Bordeaux wine region. This medieval château, which has undergone a spectacular restoration, offers visitors a superb enclosed garden where plants and fruit grow alongside contemporary sculptures housed in the towers.

14) Domaine Les Aurelles in Nizas, Hérault (France).

15) Château Thuerry in Villecroze (France), in the heart of the Haut-Var region. In 2000, in order to give the vineyard the best possible chance of success, a new winery was built by Basque architect Xavier Leibar. Futuristic in its design, it nevertheless takes into account the purity of the surroundings. The winery covers an area of 3,000 m², buried 10 metres underground in clay-limestone soil, with a computerised wine-making room.

16) Bodega en el Señorío de Otazu, completed in 1997 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain, by architect Jaime Gaztelu.

17) Bodegas Señorío de Arinzano, Estella, Spain, by architect José Rafael Moneo Vallés in 1995-2001.

18) Bodega Enate Salas-Bajas, Huesca, Spain.

19) Bodega Raventós i Blanc in Saint Sadurni d'Anoia, Penedès, (Spain).

20) Vini Rovio Ronco SAGianfranco Chiesa in Rovio, Ticino (Switzerland)

21) Badia a Coltibuono in Monti in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.

22) Petra Winery, part of the Moretti group, a spectacular complex built on the Etruscan Coast by Mario Botta.

23) The immense Mission Hill Family Estate, built in the heart of the vast Okanagan Valley in central British Columbia (Canada) by Tom Kundig.

24) Alois Lageder, South Tyrol, in Magrè (Italy), new construction from 1995-1996.

25) Weingut Weninger in Horitschon (Austria)

26) Vinska Klet Bric in Slovakia.

27) Disnókó Tokaji in Hungary.

28) Jackson-Triggs Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (Canada).

29) Vineyards Odfjell in Santa Cruz, Maipo Valley (Chile).

30) Viña Almaviva S.A., a joint venture in Chile in Santa Rosa, between Concha y Toro and Château Mouton Rothschild, since 1996.

31) Bodega Perez Cruz, Paine, Chile. Architect: José Cruz Ovalle, Santiago de Chile, built in 2002.

32) Viña Gracia in Santiago, Maipo Valley (Chile).

33) Vergelegen South Africa, Somerset West.

34) Shadowfax Wines, Werribee, Victoria (Australia).

35) Palandri Wines, West Perth, (Australia)

36) Trinity Hill in Hastings (New Zealand)

37) Craggy Range Vineyards in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay (New Zealand).

38) Cantina Mezzacorona in Mezzocorona, South Tyrol

39) Bodegas Marco Real, Olite, Navarre (Spain)

40) Bodega Alvaro Palacios, Gratallops, Catalonia (Spain)

41) Bodegas Julián Chivite, Cintruenigo, Navarre (Spain)

42) Terre da Vino, Barolo, Piedmont (Italy)

43) Bodegas Juan Alcorta, Logroño (Spain)

44) Weingut Mariell, Grosshöflein (Austria)

45) Cantina Petra, part of the S.Pellegrino group, Suvereto (Italy)

46) Ca'Marcanda (Gaja), Santa Teresa, Tuscany (Italy)

47) Azienda agricola Perusini, Gramogliano, Udine (Italy)

48) Loisium Visitors' Centre, Langenlois (Austria)