Rioja leaves bad taste in the mouth for Basque winemakers :

Rioja leaves bad taste in the mouth for Basque winemakers
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
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Photograph: Elena de las Heras/Alamy
A group of winemakers from northern Spain are seeking EU approval for their products not to be labelled Rioja, the country’s most famous denomination.
The Rioja denomination embraces three regions: La Rioja, part of Navarra and the Basque province of Álava. More than 50 Rioja Alavesa winemakers now want to break away and have created their own denomination, the somewhat unwieldy Arabako Mahastiak/Viñedos de Álava.
The move has won the approval of the ruling Basque Nationalist party and the government in Madrid, which depends on the Basques for its parliamentary majority. The denomination now goes to the European Union for approval.

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