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Álvaro Palacios: "Great classic wine is made not by man, but by the vine"

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Álvaro Palacios: "Great classic wine is made not by man, but by the vine"
It is perhaps not surprising that a man born above a winery in Rioja should have dedicated his life to wine.  Born into a traditional winemaking family, he studied in France and California, and combines his personal businesses in Bierzo and Priorat with running the Palacios...
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Sara Pérez: "“Using a barrel is like hiding the wine in a coat and make up, with ceramic you have the sensation of laying it bare"

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Sara Pérez: "“Using a barrel is like hiding the wine in a coat and make up, with ceramic you have the sensation of laying it bare"
Mas Martinet is one of the bodegas which fought to defend the Priorat DO in its infancy and which helped it obtain the prestige it enjoys today. It was Josep Lluís Pérez who started the venture and in 1996 he passed the baton to his daughter Sara Pérez, who made ecology the...
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Sergi Figueras: “A sommelier transmits what the oenologist does to the customer ”

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Sergi Figueras: “A sommelier transmits what the oenologist does to the customer ”
From the terrace of the Hotel W in Barcelona you can almost touch the sea, and just as close at hand is Sergi Figueras who has recently won the official competition for Best Sommelier in Spain, which, he says, has enabled him to remove a thorn in his side that had been stuck...
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Bodegas Álvaro Palacios. A personal history of the Priorat

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Bodegas Álvaro Palacios. A personal history of the Priorat
In the small town of Gratallops, the highly regarded oenologist Álvaro Palacios started in 1989 his personal project to make a great classic wine. 23 years later the results speak for themselves and L’Ermita has become a wine that needs no introduction. Adopting the age-old...
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Bodegas Palacios Remondo. Soul, tradition and passion in the east of La Rioja

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The Palacios Remondo winery fits into a setting that boasts more than 2,000 years of wine-growing tradition and culture. Located in the Riojan town of Alfaro, its 110 hectares produce personal wines bearing the signature of the highly regarded and famous Álvaro Palacios. The freshness of La Vendimia, the maturity of Plácet, the classicism of La...
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Castell de Perelada, three generations committed to the Empordà

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Castell de Perelada is a collection of historical and cultural monuments located in the Empordà (Catalunya) and boasts a long wine-making tradition. Its vineyards have given rise to wines of great prestige such as Finca Garbet, Cavas of long-standing such as Gran Claustro and limited editions such as the Ex Ex collections. Among the bodega’s wines...
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