"We Need to Destroy This System and Start Over": Crisis and Opportunity in Rioja
As Rioja faces serious problems, a new generation is reshaping Spain's most famous wine.
I was shocked to read Tim Atkin’s piece about serious problems in Rioja—“Rioja on the Rocks”—a couple of weeks ago. I knew that Rioja had issues, but Atkin (the foremost English-language expert on Rioja) paints a dire picture of a region in crisis.
As Atkin reports, the regional governments of La Rioja and the Basque Country plan to detr…