Rioja leaves bad taste in the mouth for Basque winemakers
by Stephen Burgen in Barcelona from on (#5HYXN)
More than 50 winemakers from Basque part of Rioja denomination no longer want to be associated with name
A group of winemakers from northern Spain are seeking EU approval for their products not to be labelled Rioja, the country's most famous denomination.
The Rioja denomination embraces three regions: La Rioja, part of Navarra and the Basque province of Alava. More than 50 Rioja Alavesa winemakers now want to break away and have created their own denomination, the somewhat unwieldy Arabako Mahastiak/Vinedos de Alava.
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