Wine Reviews

Although many find it hard to believe, there are albariños on the market (an increasing number) for our drinking enjoyment and pleasure, which proudly display on their label the fact that they have spent over twelve months in bottle. This trend, not so new, is in response to the misconception that wines made in Rias Baixas have to be drunk within...
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The white jewel of Castilla León got lucky the day Didier Belondrade fell for the charms that la Verdejo caste could bring to the wine world. So began an enduring relationship that has led to one of the most successful matches in Spain, as far as great white Spanish wines are concerned. She, maligned in the past, never had had anyone to care for...
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The Torres family winery has written the history of Catalan wine in the last century and reached every corner of the planet. And yes, let’s admit it, we are where we are today thanks to the work started by Don Jaume Torres in 1870. Currently managed by the fifth generation, Torres produces quality wines both in Spain and abroad. It was one of the...
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The contribution that the Agusti Torello Mata family bodega has made to cava wine since its creation would be hard to sum up in just one page. In fact, this bodega established in 1950, is today one of the most well known to the general public due to the very great quality of all its products. Defenders of varietal uniqueness, they have always...
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It seems like only yesterday that we presented the 2011, the first Pintia harvest, and since then it has continued to blaze a trail. Bodegas Viñedos Pintia is the Alvarez family’s fourth business, the third in the Castille region. It is located in San Román de Hornija, north of the river Duero, within the Toro denominación area, the potential of...
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Christened by the wine press and many sommeliers the “Prince of Samaniego”, Fernando Remírez de Ganuza is a key wine-making figure due to his innovative nature and incurable perfectionism, both in his winery and in the wines he produces. Fernando oversees a winery with almost sixty hectares of vineyards spread out over five estates in the Rioja...
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With rosés reviled in recent years, some wineries such as Cellers de Tianna, located right in the heart of the Binissalem denomination of origin in Mallorca, have opted for a return to the Mediterranean character of these wines, apparently simple enough, but which combine exceptionally well the freshness endowed by their youth and the complexity...
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Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken traces its history back to 1742 with the Gelz family. In the middle of the 19th Century, the Prussian counsellor Ferdinand Gelz brought repute and prestige to the winery. After his death, the estate started to be partitioned and changed hands until reaching the present Zilliken family, who, since the 1960s, have...
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The well known acting couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, bought the magnificent Château Miraval with its vineyards in 2008.  The château sits tucked away in its own valley in the ancient village of Correns, France’s “first organic village”. This 500 hectare property, located in the heart of Provence, covers 150 hectares of vineyards, ancient...
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