Spain

Bodegas Bilbaínas is part of Spanish wine history and an institution from the 'la estación’ neighbourhood of Haro. Founded in 1859 by a French wine company, it passed into the hands of a group of friends "from Bilbao" in 1901, hence its name today. It is considered one of the...
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Franciacorta is in the heart of Lombardy, and stretches between Brescia and Lake Iseo. It lends it name to a wine, a production method (the traditional or classic) and the area where the highest quality sparkling wines in Italy are made. The Ca' del Bosco winery’s name comes...
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Founded in 1914, this family wine group has become the undisputed leader in the cava industry and the world’s biggest producer of sparkling wines made by the traditional method, with 18 wineries in the most prestigious wine regions in the world. Freixenet takes its name from...
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Gramona is a fine example of how a family winery should be run. Jaume and Xavier Gramona, with their deep seated roots in the cava world, have clearly defined views. They have managed to grow the company and position it as a major reference among the "author's cavas" of today. ...
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Barbadillo represents a piece of living sherry history. This family winery was founded in 1821 by Don Benigno Barbadillo and his cousin. The old bodega in Sanlucar de Barrameda, facing the sea and the Coto de Doñana, owns 500 hectares of vineyards spread over two estates,...
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When one talks of Valdespino, one is talking in a broad sense of an important part of Jerez’s history and in particular of their unique wines. The history of these wines it officially started up in 1875. Profound wines that ooze Andalucia through and through, matured over...
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Finca Allende is the culmination of a dream which its alma mater, Miguel Angel de Gregorio, set in motion the early 90's in Briones, a town in the north of the Rioja Alta, where the vineyards grow on prominently clayey soils.  Produced using ultra-modern methods which include...
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This is an interesting Catalan wine business, created in 1998 by six Swiss friends with links to the wine world.  It is based in the pretty village of Calonge, just five kilometres from the coast, at the foot of the Gavarres natural park, its Mediterranean character permeating a...
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This lovely wine business, created under the aegis of Rene Barbier, Fernando Zamora (Clos Mogador) and Christopher Cannan (Clos Figuera), has put the Garnacha of Montsant in the who's-who of essential grapes varieties for inclusion in the wine cellars of all those who love...
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