Over the past few years I have been increasingly impressed by wines made from a grape that is hardly ever written about and of which the authorities in the region where it is most important seem...

What’s best in Rioja: a blend of Tempranillo with Garnacha and possibly a little Graciano or Mazuelo or single varietal wines made from Tempranillo or Garnacha or Graciano, or even Maturana...

Rioja in north-east Spain was for long Spain's only high-profile wine region, but in the 1980s it lost many friends by overpricing and under-performing (a pattern which shows signs of recurring in...

2007 After a miserable summer, frost on 24 Sep decimated the crop from many young Ribera del Duero vineyards. Most grapes struggled to ripen but late pickers were rewarded. Not a stellar...

Find the Rioja Find the Mallorcan Yesterday in A sandpaper seven from Spain I highlighted some of the more aggressively textured wines that I came across in my tasting of New...

The Consejo Regulador or Control Board of the Rioja Denominación de Origen Calificada (D.O.Ca.) has announced a total harvest of 412 million kg [c 454,000 US tons] (91 per cent red and 9...

These notes on a collection of Riojas that are relatively easy to find in the UK supplement those published earlier this week on the wines of Marqués de Riscal , Benjamin Romeo and Abel...

See here for my tasting notes. Like Benjamin Romeo , Abel Mendoza Monge is in San Vicente de la Sonsierra in north-west Spain. While not exactly the same size, they are both small-scale...

See here for more information on Abel Mendoza Monge, the husband and wife team producing exclusively varietal wines in San Vicente de la Sonsierra in north-west Rioja. All the wines show lovely...

See here for my tasting notes. Benjamin Romeo was winemaker at Artadi for 15 years. For the last five years, he’s been making wine in a 120 sq m double garage in the village of San...

For background information on Benjamin Romeo, see here . Here are my tasting notes of the full range of five wines. Benjamin is thinking of adding a reserva though not in the strict Riojan...

See here for my tasting notes. Marqués de Riscal is like a little village in its own right - they call it the City of Wine and it covers a total of 100,000 square metres –...

See here for more on the Marqués de Riscal. Marqués de Riscal Verdejo 2006 Rueda 16.5 Drink 2007-08 85% Verdejo, 15% Viura. Incredibly fresh - grassy but also apricot...

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Marqués de Riscal, Benjamin Romeo and Abel Mendoza in Rioja. It was beautifully warm during the day and very cool at night at these...

Here’s the official report. See below for one delicious 2004 rioja tasted recently:   The Rioja Regulatory Council has forecasted promising results for the 2006 vintage...