Wine Reviews

In Labastida, Alava Rioja, we find the Bodega Nuestra Señora de Remelluri, located in a former monastery of Jeronimos monks. The estate was acquired by Don Jaime Rodriguez Salis in 1967, when it made up 20 hectares. He set about slowly acquiring other vineyards that had been part of the original estate to attain today’s 154 hectares of which 105...
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Whether it is because of his exceptionally bold character, or his great vision or just because of the vicissitudes of life, you cannot avoid referring to the most famous Benedictine monk the world of wine has ever known, Father Pérignon, when speaking to an audience of wine lovers about the benefits that second fermentation has brought to the...
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Established in Epernay over 160 years ago, this maison is considered the smallest of the major champagne brands and remains entirely in family hands today, overcoming important trade winds encountered along the way, catapulted to fame, particularly on the Anglo Saxon market, even becoming official suppliers to the British Royal Family. With some...
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Equipo Navazos was created out of a dream, out of love for and devotion to traditional Andalusian wines, rather than from a business idea in the real sense, which indicates that in principle, their ultimate intention is to show the world just how delectable and exciting these wines can be, when selected with care and dedication. Appearance Very...
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The Bodega Rioja Alta is a piece of Riojan living history and at the same time a history of Spanish wines past, present and future. No exaggeration. When it comes to true classics, we cannot think of any substitute for their wines, which are very obviously old style, but we would point out that this is the starting point from which many other...
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This is one of the Ribera del Duero’s revelations of recent years. The bodega, bordering the most renowned properties in the region, is located on the famous “Golden Mile” where the road cuts through names that dazzle on wine lists around the world. This is where the Finca Villacreces estate, now belonging to the Artevino Group (2004), was...
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Over two decades ago, wine producers from outside the region cast their eyes over the Spanish region of Toro, a neighbour of Ribera Del Duero. They observed how the rare, old Tempranillo vines, born on its stony soils, planted unevenly and arbitrarily pruned in apparent neglected chaos, produced grapes with a concentration, flavour and unique...
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This is a new innovative project born in the “Baix Empordá” in Catalonia, where just eight hectares of vineyards surrounded by pure Mediterranean forest have created an interesting wine proposition from this friendly bodega, run by husband and wife team, Guy Jones and Maria Jesus Polanco. They surprised people right from the start with the...
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In 1985, at only 16 years of age, Josep Mitjans, with his entrepreneurial, inventive character, made his first thousand bottles of wine with a handful of friends in a former bomb shelter on the Vilobí del Penedes airfield built by the Republicans in the Spanish civil war. Loxarel takes its name from the queen of Penedés grape varieties, the...
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