Wine News

Juvé & Camps and elBullifoundation conquer Japan with their presentation of ‘Sapiens del Vino’.

Juvé & Camps and elBullifoundation conquer Japan with their presentation of ‘Sapiens del Vino’.

Meritxell Juvé, CEO and 4th generation family of the century-old winery, and Ferrán Adrià, creator of Bullipedia, together with its head of...

Redacción

Cérvoles unveils a new image for its Colors de les Garrigues wines.

Cérvoles unveils a new image for its Colors de les Garrigues wines.

Cérvoles Celler has introduced a renewed version of its previous Colors Blanc and Colors Negre wines, emphasizing their origin from Les...

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Brad Pitt accused of squandering winery cash on swimming pool

Brad Pitt accused of squandering winery cash on swimming pool

Angelina Jolie claims that ex-partner Brad Pitt is “stripping Château Miraval of its assets” by among other things blowing millions of...

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Tokaj under threat from climate change.

Tokaj under threat from climate change.

Hungary is grappling with the impact of climate change following the hottest July on record with harvest starting in early August,...

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Blog

Graham's 1890 Port Lodge

Graham's 1890 Port Lodge

For this second installment in our “the world's best wine shops” feature, we head to Portugal, to the town of Vila Nova de Gaia, located...

Santiago Jiménez

Sotheby´s Auctions

Sotheby´s Auctions

The auctioneering world is sometimes viewed as a little bit “peculiar”.  Collectors, speculators and art lovers?  Or snobs, odd types and...

Santiago Jiménez

The world’s best wine shops: Wein Handlung Kreis, (Stuttgart, Germany)

The world’s best wine shops: Wein Handlung Kreis, (Stuttgart, Germany)

Bernd Kreis, Best Sommelier in Europe in 1992, is the owner of this fine establishment located in the centre of Stuttgart and considered to...

Santiago Jiménez

Wine selection from ...

Falcoeira "A Capilla"

Falcoeira "A Capilla"

Outsiders preserving a legacy Discomfort is a powerful creative tool and a means to test your limits. In the wine world, discomfort can...

Guillermo Cruz Alcubierre

Kavalieros

Kavalieros

Santorini, as well as being a tourist island with fabulous weather and paradisiacal landscapes, is also one of the most interesting areas...

Guillermo Cruz Alcubierre

Úrágya Tokaji Furmint 2015

Úrágya Tokaji Furmint 2015

There is a well-known saying that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king...  and when it comes to Itsvan Szepsy and Itsvan...

Guillermo Cruz Alcubierre

Wine People

‘We are going to place Sumoll among the great wines of the world’.

‘We are going to place Sumoll among the great wines of the world’.

Pepe Raventós advocates the creation of a north-eastern sparkling wine appellation in Penedés, while raising the quality of Can Sumoi with...

Ruth Troyano

Interview with Hervé Dantan, chef at Cave de Champagne Lanson

Interview with Hervé Dantan, chef at Cave de Champagne Lanson

Last year, in the middle of the pandemic, this prestigious “Maison de Champagne” was celebrating the 260-year anniversary of its foundation...

Santiago Jiménez

Wine Reviews

Artigas White 2014

This wine is a nod to the fine white wines from the Rhône, revealing great volume and creaminess.  It discloses expressive and complex...

Niederhäuser Hermannshöle Riesling Spätlese 2015

This Riesling, from an iconic German producer, is notable for its citrus and tropical aromas.  Sweet on entry to the palate and very...

Château Smith Haut Lafitte White 2012

This is a Sauvignon Blanc of remarkable creaminess, equal in both weight and volume, and possessing great harmony of fruit and oak.  This...

Garmón 2014

One of the fashionable Ribera del Duero reds from the great Mariano García. This is a dense wine with a dazzling colour, which perfectly...

Corteo 2011

A super wine, the fruit of the union of the Gil family and one of the most important New World winemakers,  Australian, Chris Ringland. ...

Wine Features

The excellence and versatility of premium cava with food.

The excellence and versatility of premium cava with food.

Sparkling wines enjoy pride of place at social gatherings and special meals, not just because of their traditional association with glamour and sophistication, but because of something that most sommeliers and wine experts agree on, their great versatility. But, if we are...

Silvia Cullell

La Cité du Vin: A highly recommended visit.

La Cité du Vin: A highly recommended visit.

Taking advantage of a few days’ holiday in the French Basque Country, one of the things that the family suggested we do, given my links with the wine world, was to take a trip up to Bordeaux, one of the world’s "wine capitals". Who doesn’t know about the wines from Bordeaux? I...

Santiago Jiménez

The Analysis by Pedro Ballesteros MW

Wine on Fire Island. The wine of Fogo

Wine on Fire Island. The wine of Fogo

The vine is likely to be of tropical origin. Most wild vine species are found in these climes. The vine likes the heat, which stimulates its vegetative growth, encouraging it to spread over the soil or any other supports that allow it to receive more light.  The vine is, after...

Pedro Ballesteros MW

Georgia, amphoras and white wine

Georgia, amphoras and white wine

Georgia proudly claims to be the cradle of wine. There is archaeological evidence that wine was being made there 8,000 years ago. It was a pioneer country, although little did this help it for many centuries. Caucasus is a land of invasions. Scythians, Persians, Romans,...

Pedro Ballesteros MW

One hundred years of solera

Long Ageing and a homage to the land

Long Ageing and a homage to the land

Over 150 years ago, the Gramonas’ great-great-grandfather grew vines in the land of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.  His descendants and today’s owners continue to worship the vine, in the most reverent manner possible, through the use of biodynamics.

Paz Ivison

ALVEAR: nobles, politicians, military men and wine producers.

ALVEAR: nobles, politicians, military men and wine producers.

The oldest winery in Andalusia, and the second oldest in Spain, was created 288 years ago! The 8th generation of the Alvears, a family name of great standing and nobility, still proudly carries the name “Montilla” around the world.

Paz Ivison

The Winery

Bodegas Menade, the other side of Rueda.

Bodegas Menade, the other side of Rueda.

They are young and they seem as if they are just starting out in the world of wine, yet they have been at it for a lifetime. The ability to adapt and to transform is a quality shared by the three Sanz siblings, Marco, Richard and Alejandra.  They apply their winemaking...

Anna Vicens

Ramón Bilbao lays down roots in Rueda.

Ramón Bilbao lays down roots in Rueda.

On 30 June 2017, Ramón Bilbao, the Rioja winery which will celebrate its centenary in 2024, inaugurated its spanking new winery in the Rueda D.O, destined to produce mainly high-end Verdejo and Cabernet Sauvignon wines.

Santiago Jiménez

Tastings sessions

An afternoon with Álvaro Palacios

An afternoon with Álvaro Palacios

Of Riojan origin, Álvaro Palacios is one of the leading protagonists in Spanish wine of the last two decades and he, alongside other “adventurers”, put Priorat wines onto the global wine map at the end of the 1980s. He also helped relaunch the forgotten region of Bierzo,...

Joan Arboix

Enoteca Reserva Particular de Recaredo Vertical tasting

Enoteca Reserva Particular de Recaredo Vertical tasting

Taking part in a tasting led by Ton Mata is always a unique experience, due both to the incredible quality of the wines produced by his winery and his mixture of wisdom and sensibility, tinged with humility and passion.  This creates a fascinating cocktail, or rather blend, of...

César Cánovas

Federico Oldenburg Oenopathy´s

The first grape to arrive in the Americas

The first grape to arrive in the Americas

In Chile it is known as "País"; in Argentina, "Criolla"; and in California,  "Mission". The vitis vinifera, which was the pioneer of viticulture in the Americas, came over from the Canary Islands in the 16h century and may now be making a comeback.

Federico Oldenburg

The Reinvention of Cava

The Reinvention of Cava

The leading Spanish wine in international markets despite the pandemic, in 2021 Cava restructured in order to meet new demands and provide guarantees of origin and quality. Javier Pagés, President of the D.O. Cava Regulatory Board, took us through the strategy.

Federico Oldenburg