Journeys into Spanish wine
Wine of the Week
What can we expect to find when we ask for a Prieto Picudo in the bars of León’s wonderful Barrio Gótico??
Wine of the Week
Fortunately for me, Ad Libitum means ‘free to do as you wish.’ So I did…I finished the bottle!
Wine of the Week
Barbadillo describe the Nude as a tinto insultantemente joven, an insultingly young wine!
Wine of the Week
Extremely vibrant, full of sappy red fruits and parma violets, with the treble turned up to eleven!
Wine of the Week
The Priorat is a land of calloused hands and aching backs!
Wine of the Week
Nacho told us that they were effectively paying tribute to generations of Bierzo winemakers, people who had a deep understanding of the land, the climate, and most of all their viñas.
Wine of the Week
I expected fireworks from Valencia and I certainly got them!
Wine of the Week
Being such a big advocate of the notion ‘there’s more to Spanish wine than Rioja,’ it’s odd that I find myself starting my contribution to this feature with, you guessed it, a Rioja!? But hold your horses wine drinkers...there’s exciting things happening!
Wine of the Week
At €7.90 a bottle here it’s a steal and worth buying just to do your bit for one of the many Spanish villages that are in danger of disappearing from the map if not for the work of its hardy winemakers.
A Road Trip through the D.O.P Cebreros
The Gredos wine region, as Churchill once said, is “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. Actually he was talking about Russia but the quote suits Gredos wine rather well!
A group of friends sharing our love of Spanish wine with you
