{"id":4119,"date":"2018-04-15T20:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T01:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2019-08-31T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T19:51:05","slug":"wining-dining-pairing-with-el-centimo-rioja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2018\/04\/wining-dining-pairing-with-el-centimo-rioja\/","title":{"rendered":"Wining, Dining, & Pairing With El Centimo Rioja"},"content":{"rendered":"
So I first learned about John and Irene Ingersoll of Topochines Vino<\/a> when I was participating in a Twitter chat. I don\u2019t recall the subject of the chat but they were talking about their soon to begin wine import business. They were planning to start with some wine from Croatia and offer it on their website (www.topochines.com)<\/a>. My interest was piqued for a few reasons. First, I\u2019d done some winetasting in Croatia not that long ago and loved the wine, the people, the country and everything in between. Second, they were embarking upon a journey that I have in my retirement plans (help me out Thing 1 & Thing 2) so I wanted to learn as much as I could. Finally, they were not interested in selling mass-produced, run of the mill wines. They were interested in finding small production wines that were of good quality and good value but which had a difficult time finding their way to the U.S. market. OK, and I\u2019ll admit that since I work in oil and gas and deal with ethanol (alcohol), the TTB,<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and Customs on imports from time to time, I wanted to see how different navigating the rules of wine was from navigating similar rules for petroleum.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Browsing on Instagram I came across one of their posts about a Rioja wine they were offering. I do enjoy Rioja (even wrote a blog post<\/a> about it) but find I don\u2019t drink enough of it. #WineProblems. So, I took the plunge and ordered the El Centimo Rioja plus a couple of other interesting wines.<\/p>\nThe Wine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n