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“…these charming little pocket guides clearly come from knowledgeable authors. They’re packed tight with practical advice and informed opinion.”<\/em> — Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>A handy and stylish pocket guide to Rioja, The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide<\/em><\/strong> covers everything you need to know about Spain’s most famous wine region, its fascinating 150-year relationship with Bordeaux, the history of its great bodegas, the complex business of barrel ageing, the differences between modern and classic Rioja – and where to find the best tapas in Rioja. This is a guide written by wine experts for the wine-interested tourist. Everything about this complex region is covered: the difference between Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa, wine routes to take you past architectural masterpieces like Frank Gehry’s Marques de Riscal and Calatrava’s Bodegas Ysios. The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide<\/em> series is written in collaboration with Club Oenologique, with comprehensive listings of restaurants, hotels, cafés and bars, points of wider cultural interest such as art galleries and museums, which bodegas you can visit, how to read a Rioja wine list, Rioja winemakers’ favorite restaurants and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A handy and stylish pocket guide to Rioja. The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide is new series of elegant travel guides for the wine-interested traveler and covers everything readers need to know about Spain’s most famous wine region.
Foreword 8
\nMap of Rioja 10
\nIntroduction 12
\nHistory 14
\nRioja classifications and how they work 26
\nOld vines and why they matter 32
\nRioja’s greatest wines 36
\nGeography 46
\nWine styles 58
\nGrape varieties 68
\nHow to read a Rioja label 76
\nGreat Rioja vintages 80
\nVisiting Rioja 84
\nThe towns and villages of Rioja 92
\nWine routes 100
\nThe Guide 108
\nThe best bodegas for tours and tastings 110
\nThe best wine hotels 122
\nFine dining in Rioja 134
\nThe best bodega restaurants 140
\nThe best tapas in Logroño 149
\nWhere to eat and drink in Haro 155
\nThe best wine shops in Rioja 162
\nWines to look out for 166
\nGlossary 174
\nFurther reading 176
\nIndex 178
\nAcknowledgements 182<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5711,5508],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48064","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-food-drink","7":"product_cat-travel","8":"author-by-author-fintan-kerr","9":"publisher-academie-du-vin-library-ltd","10":"series-the-smart-travellers-wine-guide","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRioja: The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/rioja-the-smart-travellers-wine-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rioja: The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A handy and stylish pocket guide to Rioja. 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