{"id":346,"date":"2016-08-05T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/?p=346"},"modified":"2016-08-05T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:37:33","slug":"natura-2000-network-rioja-alta-wines-the-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/2016\/08\/05\/natura-2000-network-rioja-alta-wines-the-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"NATURA 2000 NETWORK, RIOJA ALTA WINES. THE BASICS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is this?<\/p>\n<p>A bottle of wine, isn\u00b4t it?<\/p>\n<p>No!!!<\/p>\n<p>It is a concept; a wish or rather a source of joy.<\/p>\n<p>Wine is more than lusty red color, incredible aromas and magnificent <em>bouquet. <\/em>Wine is the sheer power of Nature, a tremendous invitation to feel the very soul of a natural area.<\/p>\n<p>In the Riojan Higlands (northwest of La Rioja, Spain\u00b4s premier wineland) we know this pretty well. As a territory of wines originating on the hillsides south of the Obarenes Mountains, which are under the protection of NATURA 2000 NETWORK, the spell of its wines is the result of a wise and well balanced <em>coupage <\/em>of the best of its different <em>terroirs, <\/em>which (together with special climatic conditions) contribute with subtle nuances to the resulting wines: fineness, elegance, freshness, sophisticated \u00a0and silky tannins, plus a \u00a0dainty rounded body.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of the site has always been preserved; nevertheless, extra care is being taken now so that, on the one hand, <em>vignerons<\/em> are aware of the extraordinary value of their vineyards and, on the other hand, up the hillsides, the natural environment has the consideration of NATURA 2000 NETWORK, a Europe-wide network of protected natural areas of high ecological value with common objective. Special protected areas for birdlife; Sites of community importance; Special areas of conservation where appropriate measures for keeping them are taken to preserve a favourable conservation status such as carbon sequestration, prevention of natural disasters and also <strong>the possibilities for developing tourism and leisure activities. <\/strong>Right what we are trying to do with Exquisiterioja.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.exquisiterioja.com\/en\/blog\/ \"_blank\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is this? A bottle of wine, isn\u00b4t it? No!!! It is a concept; a wish or rather a source of joy. Wine is more than lusty red color, incredible aromas and magnificent bouquet. Wine is the sheer power of Nature, a tremendous invitation to feel the very soul of a natural area. In the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,7,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.larioja.com\/a-ojo-de-buen-cubero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}