My annual visit to Rioja constantly nudges at me from the corners of my mind throughout the year. A large mountain on the horizon that always leaves me wondering how on earth I’m ever going to properly scale it. For this visit in 2024, which took up most of the first part of May, I opted for a larger blind tasting of wines at the offices of the DO as well as in-person visits with the wineries I go to habitually and new names I’ve come across via recent tastings. […]

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