I’m grateful to Ryan at Catavino for pointing me to an interesting article by Michael Franz called Resurgent Rioja in Wine Review Online:
So watch out. Rioja has set a lot of things right, and is coming back–big time.
I think there is a great deal of truth in this article about Rioja’s past, and what is [...]
For various reasons I have been looking at a few social tasting note sites recently, so I thought it would be interesting to see what volume of tasting notes for Rioja wines could be found in these places.
The tasting notes on these sites obviously vary substantially in how useful they are, but if you were [...]
It is an old joke but:
An old Irishman was called over by the driver of a big car that had stopped beside him, and the English visitor enquired;
“Could you tell me the way to Balbriggan, Please?”
Paddy, which by a strange coincidence was the old Irishman’s name, wiped his brow.
“Certainly, sor. If you take the first [...]
Today is “El Dia de la Rioja” - Rioja Day, celebrated each year on the 11th of June.
The origins of this celebration are both old and new, religious, popular and political. Aren’t all such days?
First, the religious. Technically speaking, 11 June is Saint Barnabas (San Bernabé) Day, most commonly celebrated in Cyprus. San Bernabé, however, [...]
The modern era of Rioja wines owes much to the technological developments (here I mean the use of tools rather that its modern use often meaning computerisation) imported from Bordeaux.
Rioja has been known as a good source of wines for centuries, probably even growing grapes and making wine in Roman times. However, what John Radford [...]
