Wine Touring in the Rioja Oriental – Aldeanueva de Ebro

Wine Touring in Aldeanueva de Ebro On the road from Logroño to Zaragoza, about half way between Calahorra and Alfaro, you’ll find find the small village of Aldeanueva de Ebro known locally as el pueblo de las tres mentiras, the “town of the three lies”, as it is not a village, nor is it new,…

Wine Touring in Rioja Oriental

Rioja Oriental Spain’s largest sub-region, and also its newest wine appellation (2018), the Rioja Oriental (Eastern Rioja) has been undergoing a winemaking transformation the past several years as a new generation of winemakers have sought to reclaim the long abandoned higher ground, bringing about a rebirth of the native Garnacha grape. Orginally known as the…