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Rioja|riˈoxa|
Also rioja.
[The name of a district of northern Spain.]
A wine produced in this district.
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 96/1 Claret..Rioja (Spanish), per dozen flagons 21/9. 1920G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. ii. 18 Other light Spanish wines of this class (of the Riojas, etc., we may speak separately) are excellent. Ibid. vi. 89 White Rioja (a capital beverage liquor). 1926E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xix. 257 We had roast young suckling pig and drank rioja alta. 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxiii. 182 Wicker flasks of rioja. 1951R. Postgate Plain Man's Guide to Wine vii. 108 Of table wines which a foreigner may be offered, Rioja (‘J’ pronounced as ‘H’) is..a full, strong wine produced in the north, mostly red and with a heavy plush-like flavour. 1965G. Household Olura 157 Allarte's capacity for red Rioja, anchovies and bread was astonishing. 1973Country Life 26 Apr. 1162/1 Rioja..comes from the north of the country, about 100 miles south of the western Pyrenees. Ibid. 1162/3 There is both red and white Rioja..and the red is certainly the more distinguished. |