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Wine Region of the Year:
Rioja, Spain |
Rioja is the leading wine region of Spain, where vine growing and winemaking have been local traditions since medieval times. A beautiful area offering varied and rugged landscapes, Rioja’s climate is ideal for grape growing.
Although Rioja’s winemaking history goes back centuries and benefits from hundreds of years of experience and innovation, it is currently undergoing a stylistic revolution’or, as winemakers prefer, an’evolution.’ Encompassing just over 150,000 planted acres, Rioja was promoted to DOC in 1991, and recently has scaled new heights in the production of world-class wines, due to vigorous investment in state-of-the-art technology in the hands of experienced, dedicated winemakers focused on bringing the country’s iconic variety, Tempranillo, to its peak expression. That is Rioja: Rich in history and traditions, but willing to adapt to modern times.
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