Rioja Wine Reviews

Behind the Cork™ - Olarra Classico Gran Reserva Rioja

Behind the Cork™ - Olarra Classico Gran Reserva Rioja

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…

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Behind the Cork™ - Rivallana Gran Reserva Rioja

Behind the Cork™ - Rivallana Gran Reserva Rioja

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 o…

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Behind the Cork™ - Marqués de Cáceres Crianza

Behind the Cork™ - Marqués de Cáceres Crianza

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 nob…

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Behind the Cork™ - Lucia Victoria Reserva Rioja

Behind the Cork™ - Lucia Victoria Reserva Rioja

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 Ru…

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Behind the Cork™ - Conde Valdemar Reserva

Behind the Cork™ - Conde Valdemar Reserva

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 t…

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Behind the Cork™ - Conde Valdemar Crianza

Behind the Cork™ - Conde Valdemar Crianza

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 …

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Behind the Cork™ - Herminia Rioja Wines

Behind the Cork™ - Herminia Rioja Wines

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…

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Behind the Cork™ - Beronia Crianza

Behind the Cork™ - Beronia Crianza

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 o…

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