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While the chateaus of France have long welcomed wine tourists, enoturismo is only just coming of age in northeastern Spain's Rioja Valley. But what a vintage - the winemakers have hired some of the world's top architects to create full-bodied bodegas to impress. Here are a few that are stopping traffic; be sure to arrange visits in advance...
...YSIOS Visitors to Ysios' new bodega, set against the spectacular backdrop of the Sierra de Cantabria that shields the Rioja vines from northwesterly winds, may feel like wine pilgrims. Architect Santiago Calatrava has created a cathedral-like building with undulating curves that echo a row of barrels. www.bodegasysios.com...
...Does old wine taste better in a new bottle...
...emotionally impotent, unfeeling critic, I didn’t cry, but had I had a few glasses of wine in me at the time, it would have been all over...
DIED. Ernest Gallo, 97, vintner tycoon; just weeks after the death of his younger brother, cheesemaker Joseph Gallo; in Modesto, Calif. He grew up on a vineyard owned by his father, an immigrant from the wine-rich region of Piedmont, Italy. After their parents died, Ernest and his brother Julio began E. & J. Gallo Winery in 1933 with $5,900 and a wine recipe from a public library. With Ernest directing the company's innovative marketing campaigns, the duo turned the distinctly American family business into one of the world's largest winemaking empires...