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In The Glass – Lo Corb 2011

by  |  19-02-2015

hings tend to get slow on this site when other stuff is going on which in this case is currently the work on revising the Priorat book. This means catching up on the latest news... more »

Three wine kings

by  |  06-01-2015

In countries where Christmas is celebrated there seems to be a split based upon whether you think gifts should be exchanged on Jesus’s birthday, December 25th or likely when the Three Kings showed up to... more »

The 2014 Priorat harvest

by  |  06-12-2014

At the beginning of May I stopped in to visit a garagiste winemaker friend in the Catalan village of Capçanes. He was out removing excess growth in his small two-hectare vineyard of Garnatxa Peluda (Lladoner... more »
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The future of wine, is seemingly up

by  |  19-11-2014

For anyone who hops around the wine world, you start to notice a common thread which is that the highest elevation vineyards produce some of the most interesting wines. It’s not a fact that they... more »
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Signs, wonderful signs for Catalan wines

by  |  13-11-2014

For the directionally impaired, the government of Catalonia has set about to install signs that indicate when you are entering one of the 10 Denomination of Origin regions that are easily signed. There are actually... more »

A year for the table

by  |  23-10-2014

At the beginning of May, during the Fira del Vi, I stopped in to visit a friend in the village of Capçanes in Priorat as he was out removing excess growth in his small vineyard... more »

A further history of Priorat’s “clos” wineries

by  |  02-08-2014

When we started researching the first edition of our Priorat book two years ago, one of the big goals was to unravel all the various versions of history that are known to crisscross DOQ Priorat.... more »
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For a fresh summer, White Grenache

by  |  24-06-2014

As if to emphasize just how “fresh” summer can be, it’s pouring rain and about 24C while I write this article, which is a slightly adapted version from my wine column. But, suffice to say,... more »
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The tastes of Priorat

by  |  04-06-2014

I’m often in the Catalan comarca of Priorat. A large part of the reason is due to the Priorat book, new Montsant book, or taking small groups of visitors around on the occasional wine tours.... more »
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In The Glass: Castell d’Or Esplugen Selecció 2010

by  |  15-04-2013

With our new Priorat guide off to the printer and available shortly, we need to mention a wine that didn’t make it in to this first edition of the book which is from Castell d’Or.... more »