{"id":45973,"date":"2016-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmp-blog.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/food-discovery-series-wine-tasting-spains-la-rioja-region\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:00:05","slug":"food-discovery-series-wine-tasting-spains-la-rioja-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/food-discovery-series-wine-tasting-spains-la-rioja-region\/","title":{"rendered":"The Food Discovery Series: Wine Tasting in Spain&#8217;s La Rioja Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The language, the food, the music, the people, and often times, many forget to properly experience the\u00a0wines of Spain. But not I.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find affordable <a title=\"Flights to Spain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/lp\/spain\/flights\" target=\"_blank\">flights to Spain here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I knew I wanted to roam around Spain for a few weeks, and a highlight I could NOT skip was La Rioja region of Spain. My experience with Spanish wine was very limited and I figured a day spent tasting different blends would serve as a crash course.<\/p>\n<p>For those keen on going to Spain and love to try the wine culture, make sure to give Inma from <a href=\"https:\/\/riojawinetrips.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rioja Wine Trips<\/a> a shout. I sent an email to several wine tasting tour guides with only 5\u00a0hours notice (yes, I sometime procrastinate), and this lady was the only one who took pity on me and showed me a customized taster of the region.<\/p>\n<p>We met up in\u00a0Logrono, the capital of La Rioja and from there, we drove through the region to experience a good variety of what La Rioja\u00a0had to offer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37740\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/casktoglass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37740\" src=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/casktoglass-780x585.jpg\" alt=\"The old cellar beneath a castle (Source: zeegoes.com)\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old cellar beneath a castle (Source: zeegoes.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We tried some wine in a private cellar carved beneath an old castle\u00a0and this experience took me back to my first wine tasting experience about 9 years ago in Germany. I have since seeked many wine experiences, but none had me giggling like a schoolgirl who just discovered a new treasure like this one. It was like a \u2018welcome back to your beginning, let\u2019s see how you have developed your taste buds.\u2019 Not so well I fear.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37743\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wineclarity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37743\" src=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wineclarity-780x585.jpg\" alt=\"Checking the clarity of the Crianza (Source: zeegoes.com)\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checking the clarity of the Crianza (Source: zeegoes.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The wine itself was superb. The almost perfect balance of full bodied flavour with just enough tannins to shock my taste bud into acceptance. Okay\u2026I\u2019m talking too much now abi? I have many friends who prefer a simple bottle of sweet white wine and so do I! But I really respect the ones that make me sit down to appreciate and\u00a0listen close enough to better understand the complexity and hard work that goes into its production.<\/p>\n<p>I got to try out Rioja, Reserva, Gran Reserva, Crianza, Rosado, and Blanco types of wine and found my favorites in the\u00a0Gran Reserva and Reserva. Both types\u00a0spend more time aging\u00a0in an oak cask and the Reserva is\u00a0a bit more fruity than the Gran Reserva because it spends at least a year less in the cask, thus allowing its fruitiness to shine through the oak flavour. The perfect types of wine for an afternoon or evening with friends and family over a robust meaty dish.<\/p>\n<p>The Crianza and Rioja are much younger, lighter, and easier to drink, and would be perfect for Nigerian wedding parties where wine flows like water.<\/p>\n<p>The Rosado, equivalent to a Rose, and the Blanco (white wine), are dry in this region and I tend to like my whites and rose on the sweet side, so those did not speak to me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37741\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cellarwinetasting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37741\" src=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cellarwinetasting-780x585.jpg\" alt=\"Time to start sipping (Source: zeegoes.com)\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time to start sipping (Source: zeegoes.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My wine guide offered some cheese and bread, but for those who love to taste, do not eat such until after done tasting\u2026it muddles and confuses the flavour. You do not want an aged cheese flavor murking the flavor of the wine you just drank, no?<\/p>\n<p>From there we went to a couple local wineries that impressed me enough to involve my wallet into buying a few bottles to go back to Lagos with.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37742\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ostatublanco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37742\" src=\"https:\/\/trvelstartngph.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ostatublanco-780x585.jpg\" alt=\"I usually go back home with a bottle to share with friends and family (Source: zeegoes.com)\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I usually go back home with a bottle to share with friends and family (Source: zeegoes.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over all, for the lovers of wine, Spain\u2019s La Rioja is a good region to visit. It is also not too far from the San Sebastian,\u00a0a city where every food lover <del>should<\/del>\u00a0must visit.<\/p>\n<p>Do not forget to book your next flight to Spain on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/lp\/spain\/flights\" target=\"_blank\">Travelstart Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The language, the food, the music, the people, and often times, many forget to properly experience the\u00a0wines of Spain. But not I. Find affordable flights to Spain here I knew I wanted to roam around Spain for a few weeks, and a highlight I could NOT skip was La Rioja region of Spain. 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