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  Johanna Slawig

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  rioja & co.

  hi to all,
  last month i have been to bilbao. in a restaurant i ordered a local wine. they offered me a "rueda". it was really a good white wine, very "fruity" and really good to drink. it was a good recommandation. try him, if you have the chance. johanna
  
  • 11 Nov 2005, 10:08 pm
  Johanna Slawig wrote: > hi to all, > last month i have been to bilbao. in a restaurant i ordered a local > wine. they offered me a "rueda". it was really a good white wine, > very "fruity" and really good to drink. it was a good recommandation. > try him, if you have the chance. johanna
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  Philippe Bouckenooghe

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  Re: rioja & co.

  I am afraid the wine they served you wasn't exactely a "local" wine as the wine region Rueda is over 300km away from Bilbao. A local wine would have been from de Chakoli de Bizkaia appelation. These wines however tend to have a high acidity level and not everyone likes them.
  
  The Rueda wines on the other hand are very aromatic wines. I don't know if you tried one made of the verdejo variety or a sauvignon blanc or an assemblage of the two but this region produces some fine white wines indeed.
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Philippe
  
  • 27 Jan 2006, 10:41 am
  Philippe Bouckenooghe wrote: > I am afraid the wine they served you wasn't exactely a "local" wine > as the wine region Rueda is over 300km away from Bilbao. A local wine > would have been from de Chakoli de Bizkaia appelation. These wines > however tend to have a high acidity level and not everyone likes them. > > The Rueda wines on the other hand are very aromatic wines. I don't > know if you tried one made of the verdejo variety or a sauvignon > blanc or an assemblage of the two but this region produces some fine > white wines indeed. > > Kind regards, > > Philippe