The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwest Spain. Jesus Barquin, Luis Gutierrez and Victor de la Serna.
Fine Wine Edition. Great photos, maps and articles on some producers I can find here in AB. Purchased through Amazon and a must for all Spanish wine lovers.
**** doing a google I found this>
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520269217
Also this from UK wine forum>
"The latest in a now considerable volume of works published by The World of Fine Wine does not change the format of earlier titles in this series. The co-authors of this volume have been given free rein to include their personal choices of 'The Finest Wines', with the bulk of the book made up of a series of highly personal portraits of leading estates and their winemakers, as always evocatively and beautifully photographed by Jon Wyand. The scene setting early chapters describe the fascinating development of the Rioja region, and its quality ups and downs, amply illustrated with maps and photographs. But the meat of the book is the portraits of the estates, which are mostly quite factual, but do include the authors' assessments of the specific qualities (and sometimes failings) of each, plus assessments of their most important wines. Moving on from Rioja, Navarra, Bierzo, Galicia, and the Basque country are also covered in similar style, before the final chapters deal with vintages, wine and food and a run-down of the best restaurants in each region. A page of 'secret addresses' is handy - restaurants and wine shops where great examples of mature Riojas can be purchased at reasonable prices. A teaser which alone might be worth the modest price of the book. Barquin, Gutiérrez and de la Serna pool decades of knowledge of these lands and their wines, and whilst the functional (but aesthetically lovely) format of this series does not allow for deep, soul-searching writing, enough comment, criticism and flavour comes through to give the book - and the wines - some real personality".
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