Viura: The Great White Wine Hiding in Rioja’s Red Wine Shadow!

Viura: The Great White Wine Hiding in Rioja’s Red Wine Shadow!

May 3, 2026 · 44 min · Season 1 · Episode 216

About this episode

This episode highlights the underrated Viura grape and its potential as a great white wine from Rioja.

It may be shocking to find out that there is such a thing as White Rioja, but what may be even more shocking is that a wine this good is hardly known outside of Spain! In this episode we focus on Rioja Blanco made solely from the grape Viura, known as the Queen of White Rioja, and we are here to tell you that while it is probably not on your radar today, it should be. Talk about an underrated wine! Often compared to White Burgundy, people in the know consider it a great value alternative to t...

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