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Rioja
[ ree-oh-hah; Spanish ree-aw-hah ]
noun
- a table wine, especially a dry red wine, from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
rioja
/ riːˈəʊxə /
noun
- a red or white wine, with a distinctive vanilla bouquet and flavour, produced around the Ebro river in central N Spain
Word History and Origins
Origin of Rioja1
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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