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Marqués de Riscal wines deserve their fame

Marqués de Riscal wines deserve their fame

It's fitting that a modern cathedral of wine designed by a world famous architect graces a family's 1860s winery in the heart of La Rioja.

Marqués de Riscal wine cellar, northern Spain. 

It was November 2015 and an unusually warm afternoon at Marqués de Riscal, one of the grandest wine estates in northern Spain. Andrew Caillard, a Sydney-based Master of Wine, decided to take a break from three days of tasting and go for a walk.

When Caillard is not working as fine-wine principal for Dan Murphy’s and Langton’s, he is a painter of bold, colourful landscapes. That afternoon, as he looked at the extraordinary shimmering titanium roof-ribbons of the Frank Gehry-designed Riscal winery, he opened his sketchbook.

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Max Allen
Max AllenDrinks columnistMax Allen is The Australian Financial Review's drinks columnist. He is an award-winning journalist and author who has written about wine and drinks for close to 25 years. Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max@maxallen.com.au

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