Picturesque Rioja, Spain's most prominent wine region, is a new world within a very old world. Winemaking here dates to Roman and medieval times, and today modern wineries designed by Gehry, Calatrava, and other celebrity architects flourish alongside traditional villages. Lavishly illustrated with [...]
'HIGHLY COMMENDED' AT ANDRE SIMON AWARDS 2011 Picturesque Rioja, Spain's most prominent wine region, is a new world within a very old world. Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the people and landscape and with detailed maps, this guide ranges over a diverse area including not only Rioja but[...]
Attila, the down-on-his-luck detective from Barcelona's Raval neighborhood, is going through a rough patch. He has a drinking problem and issues with Valentina, the closest thing he has to a girlfriend; an organization that helps immigrants has big plans; the president of the Futbol Club Barcelona s[...]