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Drinking 240 year-old Sherry will land you in jail

by  |  19-09-2015

During a tour through Crimea by Russian president/leader-for-life Vladimir Putin and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (who all British press add "disgraced" to the beginning of) they apparently drank a very rare bottle of... more »

In The Glass: González Puras – Crianza 2012

by  |  18-09-2015

It's the case that I've been tasting a decent swath of wines from Rioja lately. This is mainly just to see what's out there these days as in general, I stay quite uninformed as to... more »

Remelluri & Reserva 2008

by  |  20-08-2015

While I generally focus on Catalan wines as I find them to be quite dynamic these days, I also try to review other regions of Spain and thus we arrive at Remelluri from Rioja. This... more »

Ivory Coast, now Spain’s #1 export market in Africa

by  |  18-08-2015

Naturally when one thinks about African wine, one thinks only about South African but of course that's not the only chapter in the book as there are wines produced in North Africa as well as... more »

Vino de pago, Vi de finca, & Grand Cru

by  |  22-06-2015

It seems that nearly every year now, a new "vi de finca" comes on to the market in Catalunya. Great, what on earth does this mean? And in case that's not enough of a mystery... more »

The Monvínic wine universe

by  |  14-02-2015

Amazingly it seems, I've never fully written up anything on this site about Monvínic, the renown wine bar in Barcelona. I've definitely been there plenty but being that it's something of a place for people... more »

Back to the original wine cup

by  |  26-01-2015

Mega wine giant Torres is going back to their beginnings with a new campaign, "A la conquista del clásico" which focuses on two things. The first is their Sangre de Toro 5€ blended wine which... more »

Drinking Sherry wines

by  |  13-01-2015 ~ 2 Comments

Sherry is one of those drinks that is largely misunderstood as most people believe it to be a sweet drink when in reality, the majority of it is dry or more to the point, not... more »
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It’s impossible for the little cellar in Spain

by  |  12-01-2015

If you haven't seen it, there's a very good read by Jancis Robinson about how the marketing shift for European Union wine funds is towards promotion in the Asian markets. Of special note in regards... more »
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Returning to the original grape

by  |  29-12-2014

Last Friday in the Guardian, an article ran about the efforts to save the native wine grapes of the world. It focused mostly on Spaniard, Fernando Martínez de Toda and his quest to preserve what... more »