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- Darlene516 - 05-05-2006
When we were in Barcelona a couple of years ago, I got into their Riojas. Any thoughts?
- TheEngineer - 05-06-2006
Love them and welcome to the board!. Take a look at the Spanish area of this board and you will find a lot of tasting notes and opinions.
Personally, having had the opportunity to travel through a lot of Spain, I love the food and wine! The people are great and they have an energy and vibrancy that is addictive to the traveller.
- jv38 - 05-06-2006
Love Riojas and Love Spanish food, probably because my great-grandparent came from Spain. Spanish wines have this particular nose of leather that make them really different from anything coming from France or Italy. That is what I like of Old World wines...
The food...MMM! One Word... Fabada!!!!
- Innkeeper - 05-06-2006
We like Spanish food and wine too, but don't restrict the wine to just Spanish food. As a matter of fact, we will resort to a Spanish wine when it is not obvious what to have or "ought" to have with a given food. Kielbasa is a good example of when we will almost always go for a peasant wine from Spain. We prefer Garnacha or Monastrell or blends of these with others, to Tempranillo, but have never been known to turn a good Rioja down. At Christmastime, we usually get an inexpensive Rioja to make our Sangria.