Rioja

[ ree-oh-hah; Spanish ree-aw-hah ]

/ riˈoʊ hɑ; Spanish riˈɔ hɑ /

a table wine, especially a dry red wine, from the Rioja region of northern Spain.

Definition for rioja (2 of 2)

La Rioja

[ lah ryaw-hah ]

/ lɑ ˈryɔ hɑ /

a city in W Argentina.

Gongora was a priest; and Rioja received a high post in the Inquisition.

History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 |Henry Thomas Buckle
You must know that I always have a dozen hams hanging from the beams of my storeroom, and I have twenty casks of Rioja, yes, sir.

Saragossa |Benito Prez Galds
Here came Rioja, Cespedes, Jauregui, and others of less note.

Southern Spain |A.F. Calvert
This people had lived from time immemorial in the valleys of Rioja and Catamarca, and had been under the suzerainty of the Incas.

Argentina |W. A. Hirst

As the commercial centre of the fertile and well-cultivated plain of the Rioja, Logroo has an important trade in wine.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various

rioja

/ (riːˈəʊxə) /

a red or white wine, with a distinctive vanilla bouquet and flavour, produced around the Ebro river in central N Spain

C20: from La Rioja, the area where it is produced