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The barrel is possibly the best container that can exist to house a wine during the first stages of its life. The barrel is where the most respectful natural decanting takes place; it eliminates any reduction problems caused by the wine’s lack of respiration and is where it can achieve that extra organoleptic quality that […]

The manager of Tonelería Murúa has been awarded the Executive Prize for her leadership in management. Tonelería Murúa is in luck. Our manager, Elena Ceca, has won one of the awards at the latest edition of the Mercurio 2021 Awards; specifically, the so-called «Executive Award», which recognises leadership, management and commitment in the management of […]

That cooperage is an art is undeniable for anyone who has witnessed the process of creating a barrel. Like a good tailor who tailors every detail of a bespoke suit, the master cooper must fit each piece to suit the needs of its wearer. The cooper’s trade goes hand in hand with the birth of […]

Oak is an indispensable element for the production of great wines. Oenology departments invest a great deal of effort in finding the wood that brings elegance to their wines. But why oak? What does this type of wood provide and not others? Has it always been like this? Because of its peculiar characteristics: adequate transfer […]

Today, Tonelería Murúa barrels are present in the best wineries all over the world and are a European benchmark in their sector. Generation after generation – and there are now four – the company has been preserving and expanding the vision of its founder, Justo Murúa Roales. But to trace its origins, we must take […]

For several years now, Tonelería Murua has been committed to offering employment opportunities to people with different abilities. Among the latest to join is Daniel Martínez, who at 25 years of age, and after a period of training at Asprodema, has come to work at our cooperage. As Daniel himself explains in this interview with […]

Tonelería Murúa has been training new generations of oenologists for more than a decade. Every year, it welcomes students of the Oenology degree at the University of La Rioja to its facilities, where they learn about the essential role that barrels play in the ageing of the highest quality wines. As Elena Ceca, manager of […]

As we already know, wine is not only the grape from which it is made, the barrel also plays a key role in its ageing. A process in which a multitude of factors intervene, the barrel being one of the most important. All of them must be in balance for the final result to be […]

Around Rioja wine there is a whole universe of companies that support it and help to spread its image around the world. Labels, barrels, tanks, machinery, capsules… a whole conglomerate of professionals that a few months ago we have grouped together in the new Association of the Auxiliary Wine Industry of La Rioja, constituted and […]

They have come a long way: some have arrived by boat from America, others by truck from France. They all need to rest. And this is something they will do without haste when they arrive at Tonelería Murúa. Because if winemaking is a slow and laborious process, the process of making a barrel is as […]