Wine regions of Spain: Rioja
The wine region of Rioja is named after the river Oja that flows from the Cantabrian Mountains (in the northern part of Spain) through La Rioja and into Navarra. Rioja is a small region; it covers only 8,000 hectares. This makes it one of the smallest wine regions in the world – smaller even than Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne.
Cantabrian Mountains
Rioja, while small, is still relatively large in comparison to the other wine regions of Spain. It is the second-biggest region by size of land under vine and has around 145,000 acres of land devoted to vineyards. That’s more… Read more