I was recently up in the Roussillon region to research a new report on one of my most favorite regions outside of Spain, although ‘Catalunya Nord’ is only technically not Spain due to historical treaty-isms. The wines Res Fortes are ones that I’d tasted previously and on this trip, I finally managed to book a visit with owner and Dutchman, Moritz Bak. As is the rather common story of foreigners who end up making wine in the Roussillon, he’d worked around the world for a number of very large producers […]

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