Posh Rioja // Thursday 17th September 2026 // 7pm // VG Tasting Room

We’re kicking off a brand-new Thursday night mini-series this September, and we’re going posh. Next stop: Rioja. This is one for the proper wine lovers. We’ll be opening some of the best bottles we can get our hands on and taking a deeper dive into one of the most famous wine regions on the planet. Rioja might be familiar territory, but there’s far more to it than Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. We’ll explore different sub-regions and vineyards, old vines and Tempranillo, and how oak and ageing have helped define Rioja’s unmistakable style. We’ll also look at the traditional versus the modern and how some of the region’s best producers are doing things rather differently today. Hosted by Evelyn, expect old vines, brilliant Tempranillo, top Rioja producers and, to finish, a really, really good aged bottle. No stuffiness. No wine snobbery. Just a chance to taste some properly brilliant Rioja and understand why wine lovers get so obsessed with the place. Posh wines. Proper deep dive. Still very much Vino Gusto.