| Each pueblo contains an estufa, which is used both as a council chamber and a place of worship. |
| Some of the smaller shippers and stockholders refuse to resort to the estufa to age their wines. |
| This underground room is the kiva, or the estufa of the Spaniards. |
| Special inspectors place thermostatic seals on each estufa, and if the temperature becomes too high the seal is automatically broken and the wine is then confiscated. |
| Montezuma placed his sacred fire in the estufa, and warned his people that death would come upon them if they allowed it to go out. |
