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Cavas, Catalunya

by  |  19-01-2024

Here we have a series of DO Cava wines that didn’t make it into the main sparkling wine report at the end of 2023 as they arrived after that lengthy report (which included all the... more »
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Hispano-Suizas, València, Spain

by  |  21-12-2023

Here’s a selection from Hispano-Suizas who are producing wines just outside the village of El Pontón and allows them to bounce between producing primarily in DO Utiel-Requena as well as DO Valencia and DO Cava.... more »
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Marqués de Griñón, Dominio de Valdepusa, Spain

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This represents a tasting of what seems to be most of the portfolio for Marqués de Griñón who are located right in the center of Spain, halfway between Madrid and Toledo. While this forms this... more »

How did Cava get so small?

by  |  29-11-2023

"la DO Cava es mucho más que Corpinnat" “DO Cava is much more than Corpinnat” This was part of a declaration made by DO Cava president Javier Pagés at the beginning of February, 2019 when... more »
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Celler de les Aus & U Més U, Catalan sparklings

by  |  14-07-2023

In all fairness, these two sets of wines are quite different from one another, but are both from Catalunya and feature sparkling wines. The firsts are those from the Celler de les Aus project that’s... more »
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U Més U, Penedès, Catalunya

by  |  23-02-2023

A pair of Penedès Cavas from the overall line of U Més U that are quite representative for the region both in terms of price as well as profile. Note that they also produce quite... more »

Southern bubbles to see you through your holidays

by  |  22-12-2021

So… here were are nearly the end of another strange, yet perhaps slightly more manageable year in this “grand” time we find ourselves in. While we may be locking things down again, that doesn’t mean... more »

A perspective tasting of Alta Alella’s “10”

by  |  14-10-2021

There are many reasons to get to know the winery of Alta Alella in Catalunya. The easiest one to understand is the location as it sits on a hill with an splendid view of the... more »
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Spanish wine DO overs?

by  |  21-06-2021

Various news outlets have been circulating the new changes to DO Cava recently that are mainly about the application of subzone names and a change to the grouping of aging tiers. Why are they circulating... more »
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Corpinnat turns it up to 11 by adding Pardas

by  |  12-05-2021

Today, Corpinnat, the breakaway group of high-quality sparkling wine producers in Catalunya’s Penedès region, announced that they’ve just increased their membership from 10 to 11 with the addition of Celler Pardas. Pardas and its founders,... more »