Just back from a lovely few days wine tasting in Rioja. In and out of Bilbao, so managed a couple of hours in Gehry’s amazing Guggenheim Museum. Was raining hard on the way in and out, but lovely and warm in the mountains. Enjoyed delicious tapas. More delicious wines. Peace. Tranquility. Couple of good books. More than delicious wines. Plus winery buildings by Calatrava, Hadid and Gehry. Check the snaps And read the feature below if you wanna know more…
Is Rioja’s Juan Alcorta the world’s most state-of-the-art winery?
Perched high on a hillside above the town of Logroeo, the centre of Spain’s Rioja wine region, the strikingly modern Juan Alcorta winery commands superb views of the Ebro River valley below. Reached by a quiet windy road and surrounded by Tempranillo vines, the winery’s modest, modern buildings are the elegant cork to a magnificent subterranean complex where Spain’s best-known wine, Campo Viejo, is produced.