Camino De Santiago / Day 6 / Pilgrim Pouring A Free Red Wine At Funte Del Vino Editorial Photo

Camino Frances, day 5, Estella - Sansol. Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The original vineyards were donated to the Monastery of Irache in 1072 by King Sancho IV of Navarre. The monastery, which also functioned as a pilgrims` hospital on the Way of Saint James, was closed in the nineteenth century, but the tradition of viticulture continues. In 1991 the company built a wine fountain in one of the walls of the winery which is right on the pilgrims` route along the Way of Saint James. This spot was already known in the 12th century as a `land of good bread and excellent wine` according to the Codex Calixtinus