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Rioja

[ ree-oh-hah; Spanish ree-aw-hah ]

noun

  1. a table wine, especially a dry red wine, from the Rioja region of northern Spain.


rioja

/ riːˈəʊxə /

noun

  1. a red or white wine, with a distinctive vanilla bouquet and flavour, produced around the Ebro river in central N Spain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rioja1

C20: from La Rioja , the area where it is produced
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Example Sentences

The result is a classical-style Rioja with deep fruit and strong oak influence.

The Cerro Añon Reserva is tempranillo spiced with some mazuelo and graciano, traditional Rioja grapes.

Domingo Pascual Andrada, ex-cop, accused of taking Marita from Tucuman to La Rioja.

Gonzalo Jose Gomez, accused of being the manager of the bordellos in La Rioja.

You must know that I always have a dozen hams hanging from the beams of my storeroom, and I have twenty casks of Rioja, yes, sir.

Here came Rioja, Cespedes, Jauregui, and others of less note.

This people had lived from time immemorial in the valleys of Rioja and Catamarca, and had been under the suzerainty of the Incas.

Gongora was a priest; and Rioja received a high post in the Inquisition.

I have mentioned in the note to p. 40 Bodenbender's work on the province of La Rioja.

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