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Food Through Wine: Tastavin, Rioja, Spain

by  |  16-07-2025

A regular series that reviews dining through the lens of wine both good… and bad. There are for me two types of people that eat in Logroño, the capital of Spain’s Rioja wine region. You... more »

A book review of, “Madeira: The islands and their wines”

by  |  14-07-2025

I knew the Madeira would be pretty, but I wasn’t prepared as to just how much which I visited earlier this year. Every corner of my eye was on to something new and staggering which... more »

Organic fully arrives for Penedès

by  |  10-07-2025

“Any vacation requests from the 11th of August onward are being denied.” Such was the ominous beginning to an interview with a winery owner in DO Terra Alta for a forthcoming report. But this is... more »
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Bodegas la Horra, Ribera del Duero

by  |  07-07-2025

Bodegas la Horra doesn’t need much introduction, but a fine piece of recent news is that they’re just inaugurated their new winery. The overall project however, was founded in 2009 by the owners of Roda... more »

Artemis Karamolegos – Nykteri 2018

by  |  03-07-2025

In an older season of The Simpsons, we learned about Homer’s past fame in a barbershop quartet. When first starting up and coming up with a name the group said, “We need a name that’s... more »

The wines of Rioja 2025

by  |  30-06-2025

For those who don’t often coordinate large wine tastings in a region, you are sane. Thus, I will let you in on one key aspect as to how they usually come about and that’s to... more »

At the steps of Saint Paul

by  |  24-06-2025

I may not be particularly religious, but I believe in peaches and in Penedès, my beliefs are strong. If a partaker of the fermented grape, then the name Penedès will be familiar as a wine... more »

Talking about “Great Greek Wines” 2025

by  |  19-06-2025

I was fortunate to attend a tasting in April led by Yiannis Karakasis which looked at a sample from the Great Greek Wines competition that he founded. It was exciting to me as a) it’s... more »
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Les Freses, Alicante, Spain

by  |  17-06-2025

This is an interesting project by way of Alicante called, Les Freses in a small area call, Jesús Pobre. Located next to the Montgó mountain, they’re in the far northern reaches of the DO. I... more »

Why Collioure-Banyuls left the Roussillon CIVR

by  |  10-06-2025

The Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins du Roussillon (CIVR) is the body charged with the overall regulation and promotion of the wines from Roussillon in Southern France; a region of 19,000ha of vineyards and over 400... more »