Tagged: rioja reserva

Wines of Rioja, Spain

In Rioja, aging wine traced back to the late 1700s, a practice inspired by Bordeaux region of France.  Although at the time larger barrels were used.  By the mid 1800s, Rioja wine landscape experienced major growth as result...

Wine Laws and Regulations of Spain

The Spanish Wine laws first went into action in the early 1930s and later revised in 1970.  This system like many others in the European Union shares a few things in common with one another.  These systems all...