Wine Reviews

Based in the centre of Reims, the Ruinart champagne house is one of the pillars of  Champagne tradition. It owes its name to a hard-working and intuitive Benedictine monk named Dom Thierry Ruinart, a contemporary of Louis XIV. In 1729, his nephew, Nicolas Ruinart, founded the First Maison de Champagne. Today, Ruinart is synonymous with quality...
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Henri Giraud is a family champagne house unknown to the general public but appreciated and highly prized by experienced connoisseurs of the champagne world. With a long wine tradition throughout its history which began in the 17th century, it was not until 1990 that the champagne house started down its current route. This is when the 12th...
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From the magnificent, exclusive Maison Krug, comes this delicious and rare example of a rosé champagne, considered the “serious” brother to deluxe champagnes. It is the result of superb, meticulous craftsmanship, a unique blend of the region’s trio of classic grape varieties and a blend of vintages. These all make up the various pieces of this...
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As well as being a piece of living history in Rioja, La Rioja Alta bodega is also part of the history of Spanish wines past and yet to come. This is no exaggeration. It is difficult, in living memory, to think of a substitute for its wines in terms of true classics. Their wines very obviously exude the “old style” but, let’s be clear, this is the...
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It is a pleasure to introduce one of the world famous French iconic white wines, described in the first half of the 20th century by the famous “Prince of gourmets”, Frenchman Maurice Edmond Sailland (better known as Curnonsky), as being one of France’s five most unique and inimitable white wines. It´s a Chenin Blanc single varietal wine which was...
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Marimar State is a small family winery in the heart of Sonoma, California. It was officially founded in 1986 under the instructions of Marimar Torres, the daughter of Miguel A. Torres from the famous Catalan bodega. Marimar is one of those people who constantly shows a “can do” attitude and, in 1975, keen to conquer the world, she came to...
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The bodega was founded in 1997 under the supervision of the bicentennial Castell del Remei winery. It is located in the southern most part of the Costers del Segre DO in Lleida, in the sub-area of the Les Garrigues. The bodega is therefore surrounded by a markedly dry Mediterranean landscape, populated with almond and olive trees and dry stone...
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The Torres family has been making quality wines and brandies in Catalonia since 1870. Currently managed by the fifth generation, Torres also makes wines outside Spain and its product range, in which they always seek to combine tradition and innovation, has continued to grow. To them we owe the first serious quality wines made from foreign grape...
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One of the properties under Jean Pierre Moueix control and management since 1976, this small chateau, located on the plateau of Pomerol, got its commercial name from its strategic position between Château Lafleur and Château Gazin, and its immediate neighbour is the great Petrus. But let’s not get alarmed by the exorbitant prices attained by its...
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