After a long history of producing major contenders on the international winemaking circuit, La Rioja wines are finally being discovered by American palates. Bordered by Navarre, Castile and Leon and ...

Rioja is Wild West country. Its open skies, barren, dominating mountains and dusty land make American visitors to this northern Spanish region reach for the sort of adjectives they would attach to New ...

Rioja is probably the most traditional of Spain’s table wine appellations, with a reputation that goes back more than 100 years. But it’s also a dynamic region that continues to redefine itself. You ...

I’ve always enjoyed the El Coto wines from Spain’s Rioja region so when I was invited to dine with the winery's Cesar Sanchez Moral and Victor Fuentes at Spanish star Andanada to meet their new ...

It may be Spain's smallest region, but Rioja in the North is known as “the orchard of Spain.” And for good reason. With imposing mountain ranges surrounding it to the north and south, Rioja is blessed ...

is a good example of quality-to-price. Spain's Rioja region has a long and glorious wine history. From the 15th century, monks and monasteries were instrumental in Rioja's wine development. The region ...

Winemaker Telmo Rodríguez, the founder of Bodega Lanzaga in Rioja, believed Spain had erred it its ways—to the detriment of its wine. In a quest to create a cohesive character when the Rioja ...

Spanish wine has been heading into the future in something of the same way that Spanish food has, though not at the same torrid pace. As with food, the “faults” Spanish winemakers have needed to ...

In general, many wine labels on most Spanish wines make sense. Often, you’ll find the name of the grape used to make the wine. You’ll also often find the name of the region where the wine comes from ...

The wine harvest ended just in time. This week the Rioja region of Spain has been dense with fog and rain, which would have been a disaster for the harvest. But it finished last week, under brilliant ...

Spain’s Rioja region — which runs along the Ebro River in northern Spain — is best known more for red Tempranillo, though white wines are also produced and exported in more limited amounts. Viura ...