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Viña Zaco 2006 Rioja

This wine is #71 in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 for 2009, making it one of the most exciting wines of the year in their view. They rated it 90 points. This winery is trying very hard to make this wine seem young/hip/sexy/cool/rebellious. The bottle and website are stylish black, red and white. On the website [...]

Marques de la Concordia Rioja Crianza 2005

I’ve been drinking a lot of the “new-fangled” Spanish wines lately, but it’s been a little while since I’ve had a Rioja.  Let’s see what this one’s got under the hood. Producer: Marques de la Concordia Grapes: 100% Tempranillo (I haven’t been able to find total confirmation of this, but several references to it for [...]

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