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rioja

n. (alternative case form of Rioja English)

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Rioja (wine)

Rioja [] is a wine region in Spain, with Denominación de Origen Calificada (D.O.Ca., "Qualified Designation of Origin"). Rioja wine is made from grapes grown in the autonomous communities of La Rioja and Navarre, and the Basque province of Álava. Rioja is further subdivided into three zones: Rioja Alta, Rioja Baja and Rioja Alavesa. Many wines have traditionally blended fruit from all three regions, though there is a slow growth in single-zone wines.

Rioja

Rioja or La Rioja may refer to:

  • La Rioja (Spain), an autonomous community and province of northern Spain
    • Rioja (wine), a group of red, white and rosé wines from the province
      • 209083 Rioja, a minor planet named after the wine
    • La Rioja (Spanish Congress Electoral District), an electoral district (circunscripcione) used for the Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales
    • the University of La Rioja, a public institution of higher education based in Logroño
  • Rioja, Almería, a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia
  • Rioja Province, a province in the San Martín Region of northern Peru
    • Rioja District, one of the districts of Rioja Province
    • Rioja, Peru, the capital of the Rioja Province
  • La Rioja Province, Argentina, a province in western Argentina
    • La Rioja, Argentina, the capital of La Rioja Province
    • National University of La Rioja, an Argentine national university, situated in the city of La Rioja
  • Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895-1983), Bolivian military officer and politician
  • Francisco de Rioja (1583-1659), Spanish poet, a canon of Seville Cathedral and a member of the Spanish Inquisition
  • RIOJA-1, a submarine telecommunications cable system which linked the United Kingdom and Spain until October 2006
  • RIOJA-2, a submarine telecommunications cable system which linked the United Kingdom and Belgium until October 2006
  • RIOJA-3, a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the Belgium and the Netherlands until October 2006

Usage examples of "rioja".

There are lots of nights out in Berlin when, emboldened by a good-value Rioja, I forget my physical predicament and allow myself to hope.

Oh, every week there are scoundrels who come here to buy my wine so that they can mix it with other wine and they call it Rioja and advertise it along all the roads of Spain to deceive the poor foreigners who don't know a good wine from a bad.