The Festival "Rioja & Tapas", set aside for end consumers, managed to gather about 2,000 attendees to enjoy wines from over 70 wineries in Rioja and tapas prepared by 20 chefs Yorkers. The program was completed with the "Grand Tasting" for professionals Rioja, Rioja cdegustaciones and seminars for consumers in 30 wine shops and restaurants in New York as well as numerous meetings with retailers and journalists especialziados U.S. already s eha become the third largest importer of Rioja, with over 13 million bottles in 2013.