PAMPLONA, Spain — Lying just northeast of more familiar Rioja, Navarra has been a center of wine production for some 20 centuries. Without a doubt, this northern province of Spain is best known for its excellent rosé wines. Many feel the rosés from the fertile lands draining into the Ebro River are even better than those made on the other side of the Pyrenees in southern France.

ABERIN, Navarra, Spain — Invitations to visit a number of bodegas, large and small, in the province of Navarra proved to be rewarding on a number of fronts.

PAMPLONA, Spain — While Pamplona has achieved international notoriety thanks to Ernest Hemingway’s fascination with and descriptions of the thrilling Running of the Bulls in his novels, this otherwise tranquil city is without a doubt, much more than the edge-of-your-seat, bull-dashing frenzy that often seems to define it.