This wine isn’t a Rioja, it makes quite a big deal about that in its marketing. The notion is that it sneakily is a Rioja, but maybe just outside the denominations boundaries. It isn’t aged like a Rioja either as it comes with a non-vintage label so it’s not clear when the grapes were harvested.… Read More »
I really like white Rioja, it’s a white wine that really means business, but it is perhaps under represented on Britain’s wine shelves. I was excited to see a version I hadn’t seen before in Majestic. Marques de Caceres is a reliable supplier of all things Rioja, and this one promised something a little different.… Read More »
So Contador is in yellow and all is well. I can drink Spanish wine and call it necessary for blogging purposes. I’m so excited about how Bradley Wiggins is doing that I may have to stock up on English wine anyway just to be supportive. We had a La Vendimia Rioja which I’d picked up… Read More »
Spain finally threw off their ‘perennial underachiever’ tag and won Euro 2008. We settled down to the final with a bottle of rose – the Germans play in white, the Spanish in red, it seemed like a reasonable compromise, or at least it might have been if it wasn’t from Rioja. Like most of Europe… Read More »