La Rioja is one of those places where the obvious plan and the good plan are two different trips. We mapped a 3-day La Rioja route ourselves, kept tight enough to actually enjoy it, built to avoid the same vineyard tasting room every tour bus stops at from day one.

This is what the people who post "best trip ever" actually did differently. Free to download, no catch, just don't leave it until the week before you fly.