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Rioja at 100 – the final centennial tastings
Rioja ends its centenary celebrations on a high note. Non-stop heavy rain in Logroño in mid February did nothing to dampen the spirits of 150 keen tasters from all sectors...
Julia Harding MW
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Plenty of thoughts from our Purple pagers on the ageworthiness of rioja. See Rioja to last and Traditional rioja on...
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I love tasting wines I know absolutely nothing about. Not often but sometimes I make a great discovery. Best of...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
Over the past few years I...
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What’s best in Rioja: a blend of Tempranillo with Garnacha and possibly a little Graciano or Mazuelo or single varietal...
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Find the Rioja Find the Mallorcan Yesterday in A sandpaper seven from Spain I highlighted some of the more aggressively...
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The Consejo Regulador or Control Board of the Rioja Denominación de Origen Calificada (D.O.Ca.) has announced a total harvest of...
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These notes on a collection of Riojas that are relatively easy to find in the UK supplement those published earlier...
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See here for my tasting notes. Like Benjamin Romeo, Abel Mendoza Monge is in San Vicente de la Sonsierra in...
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See here for more information on Abel Mendoza Monge, the husband and wife team producing exclusively varietal wines in San...
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For background information on Benjamin Romeo, see here. Here are my tasting notes of the full range of five wines...
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Benjamin Romeo was winemaker at Artadi for 15 years. For the last five years...
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See here for my tasting notes. Marqués de Riscal is like a little village in its own right – they...
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See here for more on the Marqués de Riscal. Marqués de Riscal Verdejo 2006 Rueda 16.5 Drink 2007-08 85% Verdejo...
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I recently had the pleasure of visiting Marqués de Riscal, Benjamin Romeo and Abel Mendoza in Rioja. It was beautifully...
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Here’s the official report. See below for one delicious 2004 rioja tasted recently: The Rioja Regulatory Council has forecasted promising...
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18 aug I have at last re-tasted Clos Mogador 2001 and have substituted my much more favourable tasting note on...
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