Articles for ' rioja'

Is it true you can tell the value of a wine by its label?

Put yourself in the following scenario. It’s your birthday and you’ve received 2 bottles of wine. The first bottle has been given to you by a colleague at… read the rest of “Are Expensive Wines better than Cheap Wines?”

This winery is producing some of the most cutting edge wines in Spain and is the ultra-modern face of Rioja. Until recently, the latest generation of the Martinez family (Jose Maria) decided to change from just growing grapes to making wine. He constructed a modern cellar (and the first bioclimatic winery in Europe) and set about making fabulous modern wines from his families’ old vineyards (40-80 year old vines!)… read the rest of “Bodegas Martinez, Rioja, Spain”