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Ri·o·ja

 (rē-ō′hə, -hä)
n.
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)
n
(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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Noun1.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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I hardly imagine they're all so good, but a couple of white Riojas I've enjoyed really had all the elegance, the poise, roundness, richness (let's go full Jilly Goolden here) the complexity you'd expect from a Burgundy at twice the price.
| Fireside riojas for a moment of calm: Tesco finest* Vina del Cura Rioja Gran Reserva DOC 2011 (PS11, 14% abv) is a delicious fruity wine with notes of blackberry.
| Fireside riojas for a moment of calm: Tesco finest* Vina del Cura Rioja Gran Reserva DOC 2011 (PS11, 14% abv) is a delicious fruity wine with notes of enjoy as a drink to wind down at the end of the day; or its berry flavours would be perfect with turkey, duck, beef or game.
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"Spain Wine Class" features the gamut from sparkling cavas to complicated riojas from the Iberian land of tapas and matadors.
I always say that I don't like cliff-hangers but this novel leaves me anxious for the next one." ELLEN RIOJAS CLARK
Not only does she say yes, but over riojas it turns out she doesn't just work at The Grind Shack, she owns it.