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Happy Rioja Day!

June 9, 2008 – 11:46 am

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, [...]

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April 25, 2008 – 6:27 pm

One of my goals on this blog is to get you excited about the possibility of visiting Rioja, not just drinking it.
Few people know where Rioja is beyond the fact that it is in Spain. Being a red wine, and partly because most of those who have visited Spain have been to the Mediterranean coast [...]

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