Rioja, anyone?

[Darlene516]

When we were in Barcelona a couple of years ago, I got into their Riojas. Any thoughts?

[TheEngineer]

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]

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]

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.