Drinks International | Rise of Rioja’s carbonically macerated reds
Rioja is known for food-friendly and great value traditional reds, the work of an old tradition meets a new wave of producers is on the rise and also worth the taste. Such a winemaking style in the region is also rooted in a history of generations of producers. In the Logroño, La Rioja’s capital city, […]
Wine Columnist, Michael Bray shares an important way to boost your knowledge of wine. Bray suggests, tasting a flight of all ages featuring Wines from Rioja: Regions of the world all specify different aging requirements for a style and labeling term on a wine (such as “Reserva”). An easy way to do this is with Spain’s […]
Food & Wine Features Rioja White Wines to Drink All Spring
As trade professionals we know that while Spain may be recognized best for its red wines, right now there’s tremendous energy and ambition to be found there in the white wine realm, too. Food & Wine magazine writes about Rioja Wines here. Here are a few wines they/we recommend stocking/ordering/drinking: 2015 Marqués De Murrieta Capellanía […]
Forbes.com Wines of the Week features Rioja
Brian Freedman Contributor to Forbes Dining covers wine, spirits, travel, and food, and consults on wine. My red Wine of the Week, the Bodegas LAN “Culmen” Rioja Reserva 2011, is the result of sustainable viticulture with no use of chemical herbicides, indigenous plants between their rows of grapevines (an increasingly popular practice, which not only […]
Rioja in Food & Wine “Drink Your Best Wine Now–Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring”
Joel Stine writes in their latest article on Food & Wine “I’m not planning on emptying out my cellar, but then again, I don’t know how long isolating at home will last. I do know that I’ve got seven more bottles of 1964 Rioja, 12 more Riojas from the 1980s, and a whole lot of […]
Rioja Wine Academy Featured in Imbibe
Imbibe established as the UK’s leading publisher for on-trade drinks professionals. Wines from Rioja upped its education game. The new Rioja Wine Academy is an online educational platform made up of a range of courses each focusing on different student profiles, all free of charge. The Rioja Wine Diploma is mainly aimed at enthusiasts, while […]
Rioja Wines Commercial Airs on Top Chef
Bravo’s Top Chef Season 17 premiered on Thursday, March 19 with an all-star cast and a challenge we haven’t sen yet – Fifteen cheftestant alums came together.The show’s food expert trio: Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons judge the Chefs. From the looks of it, Season 17 is going to be a competition unlike […]
Rioja Featured in Wine Enthusiast – Favorite Wine Travel Destinations From 2019
Every year, Wine Enthusiast’s global team of editors and tasters travel around the world to seek out the best stories to tell, the latest releases to taste and new producers to watch. And Wine Enthusiast’s contributing editor Michael Schachner reviewed and shared their top spots from 2019. Why it was Tops: “In May, I spent a […]
Authentic Tapas in Spain’s Rioja Wine Region
If ever a place embodied the spirit of Spain’s tapas tradition, it’s sleepy Logroño, in the Rioja wine region. Here, a Spanish-style bar crawl to experience the city’s authentic charms. Standing along the brass rail of a crowded storefront bar in the Casco Viejo neighborhood of Logroño not long ago, surrounded by an arc of […]
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