Picturesque Rioja, Spain's most prominent wine region, is a new world within a very old world. Winemaking here dates to Roman and medieval times, and today modern wineries designed by Gehry, Calatrava, and other celebrity architects flourish alongside traditional villages. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of the people and landscape and with detailed maps, this guide ranges over a diverse area from Rioja to Navarra, Bierzo, Galicia, and the Basque country as it explores winemaking from the ancient to the traditional and modern. Written by a trio of experts on Spanish wine, it provides insider information on a region home to Spain's finest Tempranillo, its prestigious Albariño, and many other indigenous grape varieties such as Garnacha, Mazuelo, and Viura. The authors look in depth at topics including climate and soil, grape varieties, and viticulture, and profile more than 85 individual wineries. They also include information not available elsewhere: several top ten lists plus "secret addresses" for the best restaurants and shops in which to find aged and historic vintages of Rioja.
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"Fascinating insight [that] is enough to make me begin a search of my local wine shops."--Wine Review Online
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Jesús Barquín is professor and director of the Institute of Criminology at the University of Grenada and an expert on Spanish wine and sherry who received Spain's national gastronomy prize in 2006. He writes on food and wine for elmundovino.com and is a regular contributor to The World of Fine Wine. Luis Gutiérrez is a wine writer for the El Mundo newspaper group in Spain, a columnist for blueWine magazine in Portugal, and a contributor to The World of Fine Wine. Víctor de la Serna, a journalist and editor at El Mundo, is a highly regarded wine writer.
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A Must Buy For Any Spanish Wine Enthusiast
Dec 15 2011
By enpdllp
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About two thirds of the book is devoted to Rioja and the rest is about Navarra, Bierzo, Galicia, Basque Country and Cantabrian Coast. Very current with in depth look at the history, culture, geography, geology, climate, grapes, viticulture, winemaking, top producers, vintages, etc. The book has some excellent photography that will make you feel you were in front of the landscapes or people on the pictures. It also has some great information on restaurants in Spain to find old Riojas and maps of the regions reviewed.
The book was written by Jesús Barquín, Luis Gutiérrez and Víctor de la Serna. Some of the most knowledgeable folks in the Spanish wine world. It would be extremely hard to find folks more qualified to write a book about Spanish wines than these guys. Congratulation to all three on writing this outstanding book.
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José
The book was written by Jesús Barquín, Luis Gutiérrez and Víctor de la Serna. Some of the most knowledgeable folks in the Spanish wine world. It would be extremely hard to find folks more qualified to write a book about Spanish wines than these guys. Congratulation to all three on writing this outstanding book.
SALUDos,
José
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By Molly McDevitt Cole
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This was part of a gift for Christmas! It will help on a future trip to Spain to taste their wines!
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being a wine enthusiast(and having Spanish roots), my husband was thrilled when I purchased this book for him. He has read it cover to cover and found some regional wines in our area to try!
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