Rioja: The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide

A handy and stylish pocket guide to Rioja, The Smart Travellers Wine Guide covers everything you need to know about Spains 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 Gehrys Marques de Riscal and Calatravas Bodegas Ysios. The Smart Travellers Wine Guide series is written in collaboration with Club Oenologique, with comprehensive listings of restaurants, hotels, cafs 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 favourite restaurants and more.