Berlin, Germany (Gastrosofie). Rioja: a traditional, well-known wine growing area in northern Spain. With now 60.000 acres on both sides of the Ebro and along the southern foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains. Divided into three: Rioja Alta and Rioja Baja – mainly in the Region of La Rioja, and Rioja Alavesa in Alavesa, a province of the Basque Autonomous Community. 600 wineries (bodegas) supplied by 13.000 farmers produce wines: 75% red, rosé and increasingly white.