The grape variety Tempranillo is as two-faced as a grape variety can be. Sure, it’s grown across Spain where it’s the most-planted variety. There are few plantings in South Africa as well as Australia, with a great many more in Texas where people seem to think that it’s a hot-weather grape when in fact, it’s Atlantic. That’s all well and good but for me, there are only two sides to the grape, which are in Spain, and are very different regions from one another. The first is the classic, DOC […]

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