Rioja

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Ri·o·ja

(rē-ō′hə, -hä)

Any of various wines, usually red, from the northern Spanish province of La Rioja and a few adjacent areas.

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rioja

(riːˈəʊxə)

(Brewing) a red or white wine, with a distinctive vanilla bouquet and flavour, produced around the Ebro river in central N Spain

[C20: from La Rioja, the area where it is produced]

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Ri•o•ja

(riˈoʊ hɑ)

n.

a dry red wine from the Rioja region of N Spain.

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Rioja - dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain

red wine - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes

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