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Arizcuren, Rioja low & high
Arizcuren is unique on many fronts, but immediately notable is that it’s the most urban winery there is in the entire region of Rioja, based in the center of Logroño, a city of 150,000 people. There are others wineries located within the core of various villages and there’s the enormous Franco Españoles which sits just on the other side of the Ebro River from Logroño’s center, churning our four million bottles a year. But there is nothing like Arizcuren, narrowly wedged into Calle Santa Isabel just around the corner from […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin4 viewsspanish-winesarizcurendoc-riojarioja-oriental - news
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.
by Miquel Hudin20 viewsfeaturesspanish-winesdoc-rioja - news
Baigorri – Negu 2025
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: there’s strength in young wine. Sure, when it comes to investing or being ‘fancy’, everyone iswas more than happy shell out good money for long-aged wines such as in Bordeaux, but even when these were the cat’s loudest meow, they were always a small portion of the wine being consumed. In fact, all of these wines with five years or more of aging make up something like 1% of the total wine market. The actual truth is that more than 90% of all wine […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin18 viewsin-the-glassspanish-winesbaigorridoc-riojatempranillo - news
Viña Salceda Entresierras, Rioja
While I’ve previously reviewed the wines of Viña Salceda here, when it comes to their white offer, to date it’s only been the more general ‘Blanco’. This bottle of Entresierras shifts things up a great deal. For starters, the blend is quite wild as while there’s the typical base of Viura/Macabeu and the now, more-typical Tempranillo Blanco, it also tosses in the rarer Calagraño, Malvasia Rioja/Alarije and then the red, Graciano of all things. I can solidly state that I’ve never encountered a blend anywhere near similar to this for […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin32 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchdoc-riojamacabeutempranillo-blanco