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Acústic Celler – Blanc 2024

by  |  04-09-2026

With the free fall in the wine world which may or may not be stabilizing despite all of us who love wine doing our part to drink it, producers are still trying to figure out... more »

Reinventing the wine

by  |  01-09-2026

Unlike most other alcohols, selling wine over the last half century has required not just branding, but a narrative, and despite being very aware of this, wine has never actually managed to fully control its... more »
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Marqués de Riscal, Rueda, Spain

by  |  31-07-2026

These came up as something of a suprise when tasting at Marqués de Riscal for the most-recent Rioja Report. Admittedly it wasn’t a surprise that a Rioja winery produced wines in DO Rueda as seemingly... more »

The wines of DOQ Priorat & DO Montsant 2026

by  |  30-07-2026

With what appears to be the earliest harvest on record just about everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s time to take a look at two of the leading regions in Spain, DOQ Priorat and DO... more »

Making Irpinia, home

by  |  28-07-2026

If one searches for the highlights to visit in Campania, Italy, you’ll note a running similarity: they’re essentially all on the coast. Naples, Sorrento, and Pompeii are cities and sites which always pop up and... more »
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Finca Río Negro, Guadalajara, Spain

by  |  23-07-2026

For those unfamiliar with the Vino de Pago system in Spain, it won’t have too much impact to mention that Río Negro was the latest Pago to be approved, which was back in 2025. The... more »

Cellers de Scala Dei – Pla dels Àngels 2025

by  |  21-07-2026

It’s nothing new to say that rosé has come a long way in a short time. Well, maybe it’s more the case that we should say Provençal rosé has come a long way to be... more »
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Bodegas Buezo, Arlanza, Spain

by  |  17-07-2026

The winery of Buezo is in the rather overlooked DO arlanza region which sits just to the north of Ribera del Duero, yet yields quite different wines and only holds about two dozen wineries. Here... more »

The wines of Rioja 2026

by  |  16-07-2026

The Rioja wine region is a mighty, impressive ship. It seems to have the ability to weather most any storm. But, despite its might, will the current downward trends in wine drinking, especially reds, prove... more »

The Holy Trinity

by  |  14-07-2026

While on a trip to Porto and the Douro recently, a colleague and I started talking about “field blends” and I admitted that I find the mystique given to them to be a bit, how... more »