Croatian Wines

The wines of Croatia 2025

by  |  13-05-2025

“No alarms and no surprises.” It’s not often that you get to use a Radiohead lyric in a wine report, but I can’t think of a better way to summarize the state of wine in... more »

A look at the wines of Bizkaiko Txakolina 2025

by  |  07-05-2025

Don’t ask for the fizzy stuff… This was something of a mistake when I was tasting a selection of 10 wineries from the DO Bizkaiko Txakolina. The ‘fizzy stuff’ is the txakolina that most people... more »

Connecting shores: The 1st Mediterranean Wine Symposium

by  |  03-04-2025 ~ 3 Comments

It goes without saying that the Mediterranean Sea is a tremendously large body of water. As it spans some 3,700km, forming the southern boundary of what we define as “Europe”, its waters shimmer with undulations... more »

Ten fine examples of Great Greek Wines

by  |  01-04-2025

Back in 2019, Master of Wine, Yiannis Karakasis did something that many others have done in the past, he started a wine competition. He did things very, very differently though. First, it was just for... more »

Priorat’s Vi de Vila takes on Croatia

by  |  04-03-2025

When you're about to give a talk at what's been billed as, "the masterclass of the year in Croatia", it would be a lie to say it didn't feel a little daunting. Thankfully, when said... more »

A gastronomic look at calçots & wine

by  |  30-01-2025

When seeing a field of calçots for the first time, I think most people who know something about vegetables will have their first reaction be, “Oh, onions.” The lackluster response wouldn’t be wrong on the... more »

Tasta Porrera, Priorat 2024

by  |  14-11-2024

There’s a very specific snap of cold that ripples through the air at the start of November in the Priorat region. When this moment arrives, you know that it’s time for the annual Tasta Porrera... more »

Ramón Bilbao’s 100th & The Spanish Wine Master

by  |  04-11-2024

I had the pleasure of attending the 100th anniversary celebration of the winery, Ramón Bilbao in Rioja this past week. Given that 100th anniversaries don’t come along all that often, they pulled out all the... more »

The 50th anniversary of Scala Dei’s La Cartoixa

by  |  23-09-2024

On a rainy day in September, in the drought-stricken wine region of Priorat, a group of both local and international attendees arrived to the 12th-century monastery of Cartoixa d’Escaladei. They weren’t there to take in... more »

Vall Llach’s “Nit del Poble 2024”

by  |  29-07-2024

If there’s one thing a small, intimate wine region such as Priorat needs, it’s small, intimate events, which are a great excuse to visit the region, and ideally have a great deal of fun at.... more »