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All change for Rioja quality?
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Alvaro Palacios 2015 vintage preview
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Rioja under £25: panel tasting results
Red Rioja priced between £8 and £25 is better value than ever before. See our judges' outstanding and highly recommended wines here.
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Contino ‘founding father’ Jose Madrazo dies
Jose Madrazo, one of Rioja's biggest proponents for more than 40 years and co-founder of the Contino winery, has died.
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Great value mature Rioja wines
Chosen from our panel tasting...
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Anson: Fomenting a Spanish red wine revolution
How can Spanish red wines take the next step up?
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First taste: Vega Sicilia’s new releases, including Único 2009
Sarah Jane Evans rates the latest wines...
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Wine Legend: R López de Heredia, Viña Tondonia Blanco 1964
A wine with 'brilliant focus and balance...'
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Producer profile: Remírez de Ganuza
Known for its pioneering techniques and singular approach towards winemaking...
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Exciting ‘reformer’ Rioja wines to try
Adam Lechmere picks 11 top Rioja wines from these new radicals.
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Wine Legend: Marques de Murrieta, Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 1925
Marques de Murrieta, established by Luciano de Murrieta y Garcia-Lemoine in 1852, was the first Rioja estate to export its wines.
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Visit seven wineries in a day: Haro wine festival in Rioja
All within walking distance...
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Premium red Rioja – panel tasting results
Incredible value for money, said our judges...
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Rioja introduces ‘single vineyard’ category
After years of lobbying from winemakers...
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Anson: Rioja single vineyard ruling – Five key questions answered
Jane Anson talks through the changes...
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Back from the brink: Good value white Rioja wines
Sarah Jane Evans MW recommends the ones to try...
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Top Roda I, Rioja Reserva wines to try
Sarah Jane Evans reports on a vertical tasting...
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Vintage guide to Rioja
Sarah Jane Evans MW explains how styles have shifted as Rioja producers move away from the official classifications, and suggests the vintages, and wines, to look out for.
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Don’t forget Spain’s blending heritage, says Pingus owner
Tradition should not be lost, says Sisseck...
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Producer profile: Torres
It’s the most famous name in Spanish wine. But with its head, Miguel Torres, retiring this year, speculation is mounting as to who will succeed him, and where the producer will go from there.
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Reinventing Rioja
The rise of New World wines has forced Rioja's wineries to adapt to modern styles - just don't tell the Spanish. Margaret Rand reports
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Spanish resurgence fuels record Rioja sales in 2013
Global consumption of Rioja wines hit an all-time record in 2013 as Spain's domestic drinkers rediscovered one of the country's best-known wine regions.
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White Rioja shortage pushes Marques de Caceres into Rueda
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Bodegas Muriel buys cellar housing ‘legendary Rioja vintages’
Spain's Bodegas Muriel says it will gain access to a 16th Century underground cellar containing 'legendary Rioja vintages' after aquiring the Conde de los Andes winery in Rioja Alta.
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Rioja’s ‘vintage of century’ 50 years on
A tasting of the exalted 1964 Rioja vintage has shown both the potential value and the limits of this era in one of Spain’s premier wine regions.
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Rioja wine producers expand in Rueda in 2015
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Rioja sales reach new high in 2014
Global Rioja sales have continued their resurgence started in 2013, reaching a record 281m litres last year and with exports up by 3.5%, show official figures.
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Spanish wine giant Codorniu expands in Rioja
Spanish wine group Codorniu has embarked on a major expansion in Rioja through its majority-owned subsidiary, Bodegas Bilbainas, according to its chief executive, Javier Pages.
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Rioja festival goers soaked in 130,000 litres of red wine
Ten thousand people took part in the 'battle of wine' festival...
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La Rioja Alta invests 9million euros in harvest innovation
La Rioja Alta. S.A. has invested 9 million euros in 62 hecatres of new vineyards and innovative harvest facilities, to improve the quality of their wines.
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Understanding wine blending: The basics
What are the benefits of wine blends...?
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Rioja rules check – ask Decanter
Do DOCa Rioja rules require that each wine is barrel aged, bottled and labelled in a single release?
