Wine Reviews

Although they have been settled for more than fifty years in La Horra, Burgos province, the Sastres did not get set up as a winery until the beginning of the 1990s when Severiano Sastre’s son, Rafael, founded the winery as we know it today based on a specific philosophy: to produce limited wines with unlimited care. Sustainable grape-growing that...
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Castillo de Perelada is the Empordà’s history in the making and its credentials are very evident: a magnificent set of historic monuments topped by the medieval castle, which is a symbol of the region, the wine museum, modern and well-functioning installations, an ongoing programme of research and recovery of indigenous varieties, and an extensive...
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Located in the village of Valdefinjas, in the province of Zamora, Numanthia was set up with a firm commitment to creating robust, profound and very flavoursome wines, expressing the potential of the Tinta de Toro (the local Tempranillo clone) that originates from old vineyards, aged between seventy and a hundred years old, with some reaching over...
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As Caborcas is the fruit of the union of an exceptional duet made up of Telmo Rodríguez and Pablo Eguzkiza, in Valdeorras.  As Caborcas is part of the ambitious, far-reaching wine company known as the Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodríguez, which has a presence in nine regions of Spain. The objective of this, the company's latest enterprise, is to...
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Dow's is a port company with over 200 years of history. In 1877, James Ramsey Dow decided to merge his company with Silva & Cosens, the largest company at the time. They adopted the Dow’s brand name for all their ports. Edward da Silva's financial astuteness, James Ramsay Dow's tasting experience and winemaker, George Warre’s driving force,...
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Pago de los Capellanes got its name from an ancient 14th century parish in Pedrosa del Duero, where the chaplains used to offer Masses and prayers in exchange for small parcels of land.  Over the years they managed to build up a sizeable vineyard, which they had to abandon with the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal in 1855. Today the...
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Founded in 1812, Champagne Laurent-Perrier is one of the most important maisons in Champagne and a Group that includes Salon, among others, within its portfolio.  An innovative and creative champagne house, Laurent-Perrier was one of the first to use stainless steel vats for low temperature fermentation, back in 1950.  In 1959, it launched Grand...
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Maison Drappier is located in Urville, in the heart of the Côte des Bar in the Aube region of France. It was founded in 1808, but the history of the surrounding vineyards is much older. Today, André and Michel Drappier represent the sixth and seventh generation of the family, the Maison possesses a 40 hectare estate, and produces champagnes with...
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Comando G is a dream made reality by two young winemakers, Fernando García (Bodegas Marañones) and Daniel G. Jimenez Landi (Bodegas Jimenez Landi). They have 3 hectares of vines in two villages, Cadalso de los Vidrios and Rozas de Puerto Real, in the vicinity of the Sierra de Gredos.  Here they grow old Grenache vines, according to biodynamic...
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