Posts by Tim Jackson

Contino were the first Rioja bodega to be set up in the mode of a Bordeaux château, with estate grapes from vineyards surrounding the …

The first vintage of El Sacramento was as recent as 2011, where the bodega was established around 4Ha planted in 1985. In October 2017, …

We arranged a visit at Pujanza on the recommendation of Madeleine’s good friend and new Contino winemaker, Jorge Navascues. I’m grateful to Jorge for …

With a first vintage in 1992, Bodegas Roda were pioneers of the ‘modern’ Rioja style that emerged in that decade. Every aspect of their …

I’d had a recommendation from one of the folks at Wines of Rioja to visit Ysios since it is close to Laguardia where we …

Lopez de Heredia-Viña Tondonia have remained classical in style for the decades of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s whilst others were changing what they …

Ruth and I first visited Ramón Bilbao just as tourists in 2014, when visiting Haro the first time. In 2018, by random allocation, we …

Again, I thought a Book 2 Index would be a helpful way to organise things, so here it is. Below are the wines whose …

A year after posting all the wines in Book 1, I suddenly realised that a Book 1 Index is probably a good idea, so …

So I was debating what should be the last entry in Book 2 – something grand? Something famous? Then I just went for something …