Wine Reviews

As well as being a piece of living history in Rioja, La Rioja Alta bodega is also part of the history of Spanish wines past and yet to come. This is no exaggeration. It is difficult, in living memory, to think of a substitute for its wines in terms of true classics. Their wines very obviously exude the “old style” but, let’s be clear, this is the...
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It is a pleasure to introduce one of the world famous French iconic white wines, described in the first half of the 20th century by the famous “Prince of gourmets”, Frenchman Maurice Edmond Sailland (better known as Curnonsky), as being one of France’s five most unique and inimitable white wines. It´s a Chenin Blanc single varietal wine which was...
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Marimar State is a small family winery in the heart of Sonoma, California. It was officially founded in 1986 under the instructions of Marimar Torres, the daughter of Miguel A. Torres from the famous Catalan bodega. Marimar is one of those people who constantly shows a “can do” attitude and, in 1975, keen to conquer the world, she came to...
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The bodega was founded in 1997 under the supervision of the bicentennial Castell del Remei winery. It is located in the southern most part of the Costers del Segre DO in Lleida, in the sub-area of the Les Garrigues. The bodega is therefore surrounded by a markedly dry Mediterranean landscape, populated with almond and olive trees and dry stone...
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Established in Epernay over 160 years ago, this maison is considered the smallest of the major champagne brands and remains entirely in family hands today, overcoming important trade winds encountered along the way, catapulted to fame, particularly on the Anglo Saxon market, even becoming official suppliers to the British Royal Family. With some...
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Equipo Navazos was created out of a dream, out of love for and devotion to traditional Andalusian wines, rather than from a business idea in the real sense, which indicates that in principle, their ultimate intention is to show the world just how delectable and exciting these wines can be, when selected with care and dedication. Appearance Very...
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The Bodega Rioja Alta is a piece of Riojan living history and at the same time a history of Spanish wines past, present and future. No exaggeration. When it comes to true classics, we cannot think of any substitute for their wines, which are very obviously old style, but we would point out that this is the starting point from which many other...
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The Torres family has been making quality wines and brandies in Catalonia since 1870. Currently managed by the fifth generation, Torres also makes wines outside Spain and its product range, in which they always seek to combine tradition and innovation, has continued to grow. To them we owe the first serious quality wines made from foreign grape...
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In 1985, at only 16 years of age, Josep Mitjans, with his entrepreneurial, inventive character, made his first thousand bottles of wine with a handful of friends in a former bomb shelter on the Vilobí del Penedes airfield built by the Republicans in the Spanish civil war. Loxarel takes its name from the queen of Penedés grape varieties, the...
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