Bodegas Elosegi – More than a century of good wine

We know wine, which is why we treat it with special care and all the tradition that our know-how gives us, with the best raw materials and providing every single drop of innovation, allowing us to enjoy wine in new ways.

Inherited tradition, inspired innovation

Courage or Daring?

Courage may be a form of unconsciousness, but that’s who we are, and who we’ve always been. That is the quality that has best defined our wines.

Mikel

Passion

We believe you can't make a good wine without passion.

Fernando

Proximity

Proud to say that we listen to our customers’ needs, we interpret them and transfer them to the product.

Itziar, Lorea and Jesús

Duality

Past and future form our present. We understand 2 ways of loving wine, the most traditional and the most ground-breaking.

Ion and Toni

Family Tradition

More than a century dedicated to wine. Four generations of dedication, passion and consistency.

Jose Manuel

Credibility

Don’t think we don’t know how to do things seriously. Our company offers full guarantees; we hold the IFS certification, one of the most demanding in the sector

Iosu and Garbiñe

Innovation

Always eager to create something new. Creativity and a touch of madness go hand in hand, because we don’t understand the meaning of the word impossible.

Mª Eugenia

We adapt to you

It’s not only the flavour of the wine that must be just right, but also the quantity, the format, the delivery... Just tell us how you want it.

David, Evelyne and Jose

Worldwide

We export 90% of our production from Spain to countries around the world, for which we have a highly specialised team.

Know-how

All this would not have been possible without a qualified, experienced and cohesive team.

Jose Ignacio, Jesús Mari "Zufi", Jesús and Valentín

More than 100 years of history

1883

José Antonio Elosegi started his business with courage and as a result of the needs of that time. One night he decided to walk to the border with Navarre to bring back wine in a large wineskin, which would later be drunk by diners at the Gabiria Spa restaurant, where he and his wife worked. He soon got a mule and that’s how it started.

1900

José Antonio and his wife took a step further by moving to Ormaiztegui and opening an inn where the sale of wine was established as the main business, along with the sale of other necessities and staple foods.

1913

They already had a train carriage, purchased in Bilbao, inside which there was a large barrel with great capacity to hold large quantities of wine.
The objective: to go to La Mancha, where there were great wine producers, to negotiate with them and bring the good wine to the north for its subsequent distribution and sale.

1937

During the war the Elosegis moved to Beasain, a larger urban centre, where José Antonio had built a four-storey house, a milestone for that time, and he would set up the wine-selling business on the lower floors.

After the death of their father, the Elosegi sons continued to run the business. They already had a small fleet of distribution trucks and vans and they started to bring wine from other parts of Spain.

1978

Vinos Elosegi S.L. is established with the founder’s grandchildren, José Manuel and his cousin José Mari in charge of the business

1991

The 3rd generation of Elosegis moved to Olaberria, to a building built to locate the business where the activity continues to this day.

They expanded their business, incorporating their own wineries. Their knowledge of good wine was transferred to know-how under their own brand.

1998 - hoy

This is where the fourth generation of Elosegis, Mikel Elosegi and his cousin José Manuel Elosegi, took over the business from their parents and chose to take original and challenging paths.
With a much more professionalised and specialised approach, and exporting worldwide. Always with the knowledge of the most appropriate wine for each occasion.

Tradition and modernity