The Oak Debate: Rioja’s great divide
This piece first appeared as a post on Harpers Wine and Spirit website: View of La Rioja from the Sierra de Cantabria mountains “My favourite wine is Rioja.”. It’s a line I hear a lot. Despite the UK’s frequent absence on Rioja’s top five list of most important export markets, the British have had a long standing love affair with wines from this notoriously wealthy Spanish region. But whenever I hear the praises of Rioja sung, I always wonder which Rioja they mean. The past 2