Wine News
The Torres family appoints Fabrice Ducceschi as managing director.
Familia Torres has appointed Fabrice Ducceschi as the company's new managing director. Ducceschi, who has managed companies in the food...
Spain now has its first Master Sommelier.
The Court of Master Sommeliers has released the names of nine new Master Sommeliers (MS), including the first female MS from Poland, as...
Ornellaia 2022 wines sale raises US$106,875
Bonhams’s sale of Ornellaia’s Vendemmia d’Artista collection large sale format from the 2022 vintage raised US$106,875 for charity last...
Freixenet launches ‘Own the Diamond’ luxury campaign in the UK market
The promotion offers shoppers the chance to win £5,000 of diamond jewellery as the brand pushes premium positioning.
Blog
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...
Sotheby´s Auctions
The auctioneering world is sometimes viewed as a little bit “peculiar”. Collectors, speculators and art lovers? Or snobs, odd types and...
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...
Wine selection from ...
Comme Autrefois
A new attitude taken to its logical conclusion
Back in 1982, Françoise Bedel, a wine producer in the Marne Valley in Champagne, was...
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...
Kavalieros
Santorini, as well as being a tourist island with fabulous weather and paradisiacal landscapes, is also one of the most interesting areas...
Wine People
‘The wine sector must become even more competitive and innovative’.
Interview with Javier Pagés, president of Barcelona Wine Week.
Interview with Pedro Bonet Ferrer, President of the Cava Regulatory Board. "“We wanted to elevate cava to the highest possible level”
Pedro Bonet Ferrer (born in Barcelona in 1946) is about to close one of the most productive periods for the Cava Regulatory Board, which he...
Wine Reviews
Aires de Garbet 2014
Sea and mountain, land and water, warmth and freshness. A wine influenced by the Tramuntana, a strong north wind that keeps the vineyards...
Palazzi 2013
Appearance: Very bright, cherry red hue, clean and bright.
Nose: Very intense aromas of ripe red fruit, spicy, with a backdrop of...
Chateau Montrose 2011
Appearance: Very bright, cherry red, clean and bright, nice tears.
Nose: Very aromatic, blackberries and blueberries. Floral notes and...
Manzanilla La Gitana
Appearance: Straw yellow with golden tints, clean and bright, dense and glyceric.
Nose: Very aromatic, toasted and marine notes, herbal...
PX Triana
Appearance: Dark mahogany hue with iodine tints, slow moving and very dense tears
Nose: Highly aromatic, aromas of raisined grapes and...
Wine Features
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...
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...
The Analysis by Pedro Ballesteros MW
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...
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,...
One hundred years of solera
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.
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.
The Winery
Vardon Kennett, a fabulous project.
About a year ago, the Torres Family presented Vardon Kennett, its new winery in Santa Margarida d'Agulladolç in the Penedés, to the public. The question at that time was what type of wine would Torres produce there. The answer: a sparkling wine with great personality and...
From France with love. Terra Remota
This is the first in a new series of articles on wine companies founded in Spain by foreign companies or individuals since the end of the twentieth century. The series is a tribute to all those who believe in the great diversity and potential of our Spanish grapes, climate, and...
Tastings sessions
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,...
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...
Federico Oldenburg Oenopathy´s
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.
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.