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2016 Olarra Classico Gran Reserva Rioja ($30) Olarra Clásico Gran Reserva 2016 is a well-regarded Spanish red wine from the Rioja region of Spain. With a history dating back 50 years, Bodegas Olarra base their wines on the ideal selection of the ra...
2018 Rivallana Gran Reserva Rioja ($12) This wine was bottled for Bodegas Ondarre, located in the Rioja region of Spain. It is a “Gran Reserva” wine which means that it was aged for a minimum of five years in oak and bottle with a minimum of 2 years...
2021 Marqués De Cáceres Crianza ($13.99) Enrique Forner founded the Bodegas Marqués de Cáceres winery in Spain in 1970. Don Vicente Noguera, the 7th Marquis of Cáceres (granted by the King of Spain) and a Grandee of Spain (a high-ranking nobleman of...
2016 Finca Los Principes Rioja Gran Reserva ($19.99) Finca “Los Principes” (The Princes) is a wine from the Spanish wine region of Rioja. This wine is made from grapes grown in a historic vineyard in the foothills of the Cantabria Mountains that s...
2018 Lucía Victoria Reserva Rioja ($8) D.O. 5 Hispanobodegas is a group of wineries which produces and distributes quality wines from the most emblematic Officially Certified Wine growing Regions of Spain: Rioja, Ribera del Duero and Rueda. Thei...
Marqués de Cáceres (Mar-kez Day Kass-er-rus) winery is located in Rioja Alta, Spain. It was founded in 1970 by the Forner family, an enterprising family that has been in the wine trade for five generations. The brand remains family-owned and women-ru...
2015 Conde Valdemar Reserva ($28.99) Valdemar Family is comprised of 334 hectares (825 acres) of family-owned vineyards spanning Bodegas Valdemar in Roija, Spain and Valdemar Estates in Walla Walla, Washington. The winemaking legacy of the Martínez ...
2019 Conde Valdemar Crianza ($19.99) Valdemar Family is comprised of 334 hectares (825 acres) of family-owned vineyards spanning Bodegas Valdemar in Roija, Spain and Valdemar Estates in Walla Walla, Washington. The winemaking legacy of the Martínez...
November 14th is International Tempranillo Day. Let’s get to know this Spanish wine a bit better. Rioja is maybe the best known Spanish wine, but did you know there are various styles of Rioja? First, let’s review a bit about Rioja. It is a regio...
Herminia Casas was the beloved wife of a winemaker in the early 1900’s in La Rioja, Spain. She was a pioneer in entrepreneurship and a champion of education access for women and children. Her husband memorialized her legacy and their mutual life pro...
2019 Beronia Crianza ($14.99) This Beronia Crianza, from the Rioja region of Spain. Their innovative nature led them to pioneer the use of mixed oak barrels, a combination of American oak staves and French oak ends. The marriage of the two results a...
Nestled in the heart of la Rioja Alta region of Spain, the Beronia winery sits beneath a plant-covered roof, partially underground, and blends seamlessly into the hillside to preserve the natural beauty of the landscape. From their initial design con...
Rioja - Rioja (re-OH-hah), in northern Spain, is their top wine producing region. It produces red wines made from Tempranillo (>80%), but Carignan, Garciano, Cabernet Sauvignon and Maturana Tinta are also used in red Rioja wines. Very few white grap...
2018 Beronia Rioja Crianza ($15) This wine is imported by González Byass which is headquartered in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. It is a family-owned collection of wineries that was founded in 1835 and spans across Spain’s most important wine produci...
With almost five decades of wine making, Bodegas Beronia is renowned for it Rioja. Their flagship winery is located in La Rioja, Spain. It is nestled seamlessly into the hillside, preserving the natural beauty of the landscape. The winery sits beneat...
2017 Beronia Crianza ($7.99 and $14.99) This week’s Behind the Cork™ features two bottles of Beronia Crianza - the traditional 750 ml bottle and a 375 ml bottle that’s perfect for single serve meet-ups with friends at a distance. In this new era of ...
2015 Beronia Rioja Reserva ($19.99) Here’s yet another returning star to Behind the Cork™ - the Beronia Rioja Reserva. As we learned in last week’s post, “Reserva” means that a Rioja wine must undergo a minimum of three years of aging with at least...
2012 LAN Viña Lanciano Rioja Reserva ($19.99) The grapes used in the production of this Rioja Reserva come from a selection of vines of more than 30 years of age located in LAN’s Viña Lanciano estate. It is produced from 90% Tempranillo, 8% Graciano...
2012 LAN Rioja Reserva Recently I featured LAN Rioja Crianza as the Behind the Cork™ wine of the week. Now we step it up to the LAN Rioja Reserva. This Rioja is from vineyards in the Rioja Alta and Alavesa subzones with an average age of vines bein...
2019 Beronia Rosé ($12.99) Here’s another returning star to Behind the Cork™. This Beronia Rosé is from the Rioja region of Spain. It is produced from 70% Tempranillo and 30% Garnacha. Both the Tempranillo and Garnacha grapes underwent cold pre-fe...
2016 Bodegas LAN Crianza This Bodegas LAN Crianza is from Spain’s famous Rioja region that is best known for its Tempranillo that is a full-bodied wine that is typically high in tannin. The winery’s name LAN represents the initials of the DOCa prov...
2019 CVNE Rioja Monopole Monopole is the oldest white wine brand in Spain and CVNE (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) has been producing it since 1915. Monopole is produced from 100% Viura grapes (as known as Macabeo grapes). The grapes are ge...
2019 Viña Real Rosado ($14) This Viña Real Rosado is from the Rioja region of Spain. It’s a blend of Garnacha, Tempranillo and Viura grapes. They were placed into stainless steel vats and, following several hours of skin contact, the vats were drai...
2010 Beronia Gran Reserva ($29.99) The Rioja region of Spain is famous for its wine that are based on Tempranillo. This Gran Reserva offering from Beronia is comprised of 97% Tempranillo with 3% Graciano. Tempranillo means “little early one”, a nam...
2014 Beronia Rioja Reserva ($19.99) This Beronia Rioja Reserva comes from the Rioja region of north-eastern Spain. It is made from a selection of the best grapes from the oldest Tempranillo (95%) vines, Graciano (4%) and Mazuelo (1%). After fer...
2016 Beronia Crianza ($14.99) The Rioja region of Spain is noted for its Tempranillo and this one from Beronia is indeed noteworthy. This is a typical Rioja blend of grapes consisting of 91% Tempranillo, 8% Garnacha and 1% Mazuelo (a.k.a Carignan...
2018 Cune Rosado ($13) This wonderful Cune rosé is from the Rioja region of Spain and is made from their famous Tempranillo. The bright red color of this Cune rosé is spectacular. And, hence, it’s big Maraschino cherry and ripe strawberry flavors a...
2018 Beronia Rosé ($13) As Spring begins, what better way to get it started than with a Rosé. This Beronia Rosé is from Rioja and is a blend of their famous Garnacha (55%) and Tempranillo (45%). This Beronia rosé has a fabulous pink salmon color an...
2016 Vallobera Rioja Crianza ($10) This was an unexpected recent find. A Tempranillo from Spain. And, it’s a Crianza. This style of Rioja is required to be aged for one year in oak and spend one year in the bottle before being sold. This extra agin...
2013 Beronia Rioja Reserva ($20) This Rioja from Beronia is produced with 95% Tempranillo, 4% Graciano (known as Morrastel in Languedoc) and 1% Mazuelo (a.k.a. Carignan). Being a ‘Reserva’ in Rioja means that this wine is required to be aged for at...
Rioja is maybe the best known Spanish wine, but did you know there are various styles of Rioja? First, let’s review a bit about Rioja. It is a region in North-Central Spain that’s known for its wine. And, like most Old-World wines, the wine label i...
2015 Beronia Crianza Rioja ($15) The Rioja region of Spain is noted for its Tempranillo and this one from Beronia is indeed noteworthy. This is a typical Rioja blend of grapes consisting of 91% Tempranillo, 8% Garnacha and 1% Mazuelo (a.k.a Carig...
2013 Hacienda López de Haro Reserva ($16) This Rioja Reserva is a blend of 90% Tempranillo, 5% Granacha and 5% Graciano. It’s grown in vineyards located near the heart of La Rioja, surrounded by the Sierra de Cantabria mountain and the river Ebro. ...
2017 Beronia Rioja Rosé ($13) This wonderfully refreshing Rosé comes from the Rioja region of Spain, is produced by Beronia winery and distributed in the U.S. by González Byass wines. It’s a nice blend of 40% Garnacha, 30% Tempranillo and 30% Viura...