The wines of Rioja 2026

The Rioja wine region is a mighty, impressive ship. It seems to have the ability to weather most any storm. But, despite its might, will the current downward trends in wine drinking, especially reds, prove too much to handle? That remains to be seen, but via the current Tasting Report and a week spent in the region in June, a vast number of changes are happening to keep the ship afloat as well as build a bridge to better times. A work ever in progress About this time last year, […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.

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The Holy Trinity

While on a trip to Porto and the Douro recently, a colleague and I started talking about “field blends” and I admitted that I find the mystique given to them to be a bit, how shall we say… ‘bullshit’. It’s often part of the branding at many wineries that, if they have an old vineyard, they’ll upsell the aspect that they pick all the grapes together and ferment the one as one, singular, beautiful wine. The idea being that over time, the vineyard has been planted with a vast array […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.

The wines of Rioja 2026

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The Holy Trinity

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