HOTEL MARQUÉS DE RISCAL

Hotel Marqués de Riscal stands in the village of Elciego, in the heart of Rioja wine country, beside the winery's original 19th-century buildings. The main building is Frank Gehry's rippling, titanium-clad design, and a wedding party sees it from every terrace.

The hotel is a Luxury Collection property with 61 rooms, split between the Gehry building and a quieter outbuilding with more traditional rooms that look across at it. It holds one Michelin Key, and its restaurant, Marqués de Riscal, is listed in the Michelin Guide for modern cooking overseen by chef Francis Paniego. That is a rare thing to have on site for a wedding dinner. Ask the team which months suit the vineyard setting best.

The hotel hosts one wedding per day, so you will not share the space. There are six event rooms across 1,064 square metres, three terraces of 50 to 250 square metres and winery spaces among the vines. The largest room, San Vicente 3, seats up to 250 for a banquet and takes 500 for a reception, while the Chirel Room suits around 60.

Menus can be matched with Rioja wines, and the team runs winery tours and cooking classes for the days around. Religious and civil ceremonies can both be held at the hotel. Ask the team about ceremony spots and the music curfew.

Sixty-one rooms will take a close group, and the rest of the guest list can stay in nearby Rioja villages and wine towns, so ask the team for recommended places.

On site there is the Caudalie vinotherapy spa with an indoor pool, a garden, a library and bikes for the vineyard lanes, which makes the morning after easy to fill. Parking is free, valet or self park, handy for guests who hire a car. Ask the team about transfers from the nearest airports, which are Bilbao and Vitoria, and how long the drive takes. A winery tour and a long lunch make the day after the wedding as good as the day itself.