Category: Rioja Alavesa

• The Daily Meal Article: La Rioja’s Wine Revolution

  

  Miguel Angel de Gregoria of Finca Allende said, “Rioja is a Burgundy style wine with a Bordeaux history.”  You may drink and enjoy Rioja, but do you really know Rioja? La Rioja is more than just a prominent Spanish wine region, it also played a pivotal role in France’s wine history. Learn more about the…

  Michelle Williams

  February 7, 2018

  La Rioja, Rioja, Rioja Alavesa, Spain, Spanish wine, Wine, wine education, wine tasting, Wines of Spain, Winetasting

  2010 Viña Real Gran Reserva Rioja DOCa, 2011 Cune Gran Reserva Rioja DOCa, 2013 Cune Reserva Rioja DOCa, 2013 Viña Real Crianza Rioja DOCa, 2013 Viña Real Reserva Rioja DOCa, 2014 Cune Crianza Rioja Rioja Alta DOCa, History, La Rioja, Spain, Spanish wine, The Daily Meal, wine, wine review

• Tasting Rioja Alavesa: Viñedos y Bodegas de la Marquesa – Valserrano

  

  We spent our first morning in Basque Country in the Alava Province. It is an area of great history juxtaposed with modern structures. For example, we visited a vineyard containing stone foundations from medieval wine presses located not far from Bodegas Ysios. If the landscape contains contradiction the families and wines do not. Rioja Alavesa…

  Michelle Williams

  July 29, 2016

  Rioja Alavesa, Spain, Travel, Wine

  ABRA, Alava Province, Basque Country, food, Juan Pablo Simón, Maria Simón, music, Pablo Simón, Rioja, Spain, Spanish wine, Tempranillo, Total Wine, travel, Valserrano, Valserrano Crianza 2012, Valserrano Finca Monteviejo 2011, Valserrano Nico 2010, Valserrano Rioja Graciano 2009, Valserrano Rioja Gran Reserva 2001, Valserrano Rioja Reserva 2010, Viñedos y Bodegas de la Marquesa, Villabuena, wine

• Rioja Alavesa: The Perfect Day

  

  Some days are just too perfect. Words somehow lack the means of effectively communicating the experience. Poets have ways of transporting us to places and times of great beauty; alas I am not a poet. I am a wine writer armed with joy, gratitude, enthusiasm, and an iPhone 6S. Today, that will have to be…

  Michelle Williams

  July 18, 2016

  Food, Rioja Alavesa, Spain, Wine

  Basque Country, food, Gil Berzal, Laukote, lunch, Rioja Alavesa, travel, vineyards, wine