Wine Reviews

One of the country's old traditional wineries located in Cenicero, Rioja Alta, which was officially founded in 1890 by the Artacho family and Don Rafael Carreras. This important piece of Spanish wine history houses over 4 million bottles, produced in its 300 hectares of vineyards. It is well worth a trip to the area to understand how the Spanish...
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There is undoubtedly no winery in Spain that combines the words quality, history and exclusivity better than Vega Sicilia. Don Eloy Lecanda in 1864 could little have imagined that almost a hundred and fifty years later, the wines of the bodega he founded would have become some of the most outstanding iconic reference points of the international...
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A delightful winery located to the north of Montpellier which began its activity in 1999 and lies within the Coteaux de Languedoc appellation, presenting a style that closely refers to the indigenous reds of Southern France, with modern notes setting out norms in elegance that are rarely found in this area. Appearance A ruby red colour and of...
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Located within the Penedés denomination of origin, Can Rafols del Caus is probably the most recognisable standard bearer of the inevitable liberation of the Garraf Massif as a differentiated wine-growing area.  Its winery, recently redesigned and brought up to date, is set in a 16th Century masia or country house, which historically dates back to...
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Angelo Gaja is one of the most well-known figures on the international scene among Italian wine producers and his wines have not stopped receiving excellent reviews since he began his small modernist revolution in the eighties, casting out the classicism inherent in staid and tedious Piemonte wines. Gaja wanted to bring together a combination of...
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Christian Moueix is the son of one of the most famous wine merchants in Libourne, gaining control over a period of time of grand chateaux such as Petrus and Trotanoy. In 1982 he began his California adventure and became involved with the Napanook winery which came into his sole possession in 1995, and consequently the Dominus State name was...
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After figuring among those who have instigated the resurgence in quality in the Toro denomination of origin, the Egurens have embarked upon a new project in this same region. In 2009 they opened their new installations in the Teso la Monja winery with a very clear philosophy: to create powerful and elegant wines from very old vines of Zamora’s...
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Juve & Camps is one of the wineries most readily recognised by consumers when it comes to Cava. With the company’s commercial history starting in 1921, the Cavas of Juve & Camps have always signified top quality products, very obviously acknowledged by several generations of consumers. In recent years they have opted for creating Cavas made...
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Original Champagne from the luxury Maison Krug belonging to the LVMH Group. This non millesime or non-vintage cuvée is a puzzling compilation of 120 different wines from ten distinct vintages. This lovely amalgam succeeds in creating a unique and peerless product that manages to remain faithful to the canons of the house year after year, not...
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