Wine Reviews

Alvaro Palacios landed in Priorat back in 1989 to explore the mysticism which shrouds the lands where the Carthusians dwelt for centuries, far from their native Alfaro. He immediately fell in love with the land and set about producing quality wines in an area far removed from large urban centres and which was apparently in recession. The 30...
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Although many find it hard to believe, there are albariños on the market (an increasing number) for our drinking enjoyment and pleasure, which proudly display on their label the fact that they have spent over twelve months in bottle. This trend, not so new, is in response to the misconception that wines made in Rias Baixas have to be drunk within...
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The white jewel of Castilla León got lucky the day Didier Belondrade fell for the charms that la Verdejo caste could bring to the wine world. So began an enduring relationship that has led to one of the most successful matches in Spain, as far as great white Spanish wines are concerned. She, maligned in the past, never had had anyone to care for...
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The Torres family winery has written the history of Catalan wine in the last century and reached every corner of the planet. And yes, let’s admit it, we are where we are today thanks to the work started by Don Jaume Torres in 1870. Currently managed by the fifth generation, Torres produces quality wines both in Spain and abroad. It was one of the...
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The contribution that the Agusti Torello Mata family bodega has made to cava wine since its creation would be hard to sum up in just one page. In fact, this bodega established in 1950, is today one of the most well known to the general public due to the very great quality of all its products. Defenders of varietal uniqueness, they have always...
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Founded in Reims in 1760, Delamotte recently celebrated its 250th anniversary. It has always been best known for the location of its vineyards in the “the king of the champagne vineyards”, the Mesnis sur Oger Grand Cru, as well as for its enduring “fraternity” with the prestigious Maison Salon since 1988, with whom it shares a technical team and...
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“The wine of kings, the king of wines”. This is how King Louis XIV of France described the sweet wine of Tokaj. A cult wine that demands to be tasted at least once in a lifetime. The Oremus winery was acquired by the Alvarez family in 1993 with the noble intention of retrieving this delicious historic wine of Hungarian origin which is even...
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It seems like only yesterday that we presented the 2011, the first Pintia harvest, and since then it has continued to blaze a trail. Bodegas Viñedos Pintia is the Alvarez family’s fourth business, the third in the Castille region. It is located in San Román de Hornija, north of the river Duero, within the Toro denominación area, the potential of...
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Finca Allende is the culmination of a dream that its alma mater, Miguel Ángel De Gregorio, started for real at the beginning of the 1990s and set up in Briones. Undergoing more modern methods which employ a shorter than usual ageing in oak barrels, and which reward the predominance of fruit over that of the wood, they are wines designed to show...
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