Rioja at 100 and a crossroads

Rioja at 100 and a crossroads

Noah Chichester reports on the creative tensions between traditionalists and terroiristes in Rioja. There is no energy unless there is a tension of opposites,” wrote Carl Jung, and nowhere in the wine world does that feel more relevant today than in Rioja. As Spain’s oldest denominación de origen celebrates its centenary, it finds itself in the middle of a standoff between two visions of the future. No one can predict what any wine region will l…