A few months ago, a wine educator in Texas wrote to me asking who is “influential” in Spanish wine along the lines of writers and educators. Liking a challenge, I started to write up a list but found myself correcting it many times over. The reason being that there’s really no one terribly influential when it comes to Spanish wines and I include myself in there. If there actually was anyone influential, wines from Spain would exist in a far more important state upon the world stage than they do. […]

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