Spain

Viña Albina Vendimia Tardía 2001

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One of the country's old traditional wineries located in Cenicero, Rioja Alta, which was officially founded in 1890 by the Artacho family and Don Rafael Carreras. This important piece of Spanish wine history houses over 4 million bottles, produced in its 300 hectares of...
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810 2010

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This Catalan bodega, part of the Pons Group, is located in the Costers Del Segre appellation area, in the south of the Lleida region of Les Garrigues, known and appreciated for its production of fine olive oil.  The bodega is an example of architectural and technological...
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Gran Buig 2004

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This bodega was created in the 90's when the Priorat Renaissance was in full swing.  The bodega is family owned and managed and combines a passion for honesty in its wines with a single minded commitment to the terroir.  Founded by Pere Rovira, it is currently managed with great...
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Oloroso Matusalem

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One of Spain's most important drops, this illustration from Gonzalez Byass is unambiguous.  With its 170 year history, Gonzalez-Byass has been behind the creation of some real wine (and advertising) icons, recognizable around the world, such as the colourful Tio Pepe Fino brand,...
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Clos Dominic Blanc 2012

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This is a splendid example of a Priorat bodega, created in 1998, which quickly made ​​a name for itself in the market and which has enjoyed international critical acclaim since its first release with the 2002 harvest.  Run by the Castillo-Bairaguet husband and wife team, it is...
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Pedra de Guix 2010

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This interesting business was set up in the middle of the last decade by South African, Eben Sadie and German, Dominik A. Huber, who are possibly the best representatives of what has been termed Priorat's "second revolution".  The bodega is located in the village of Torroja del...
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Sorte O Soro 2011

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In the Ourense valley of Bibei, at some distance from planet Rioja, and far removed from the wine that made his brother the “re-discoverer of Priorat”, the youngest Palacios-Remondo embarked on his wine adventure just nine years ago with a noble purpose - to make the best white...
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Valbuena 5th year - Vintage 2005

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There is undoubtedly no winery in Spain that combines the words quality, history and exclusivity better than Vega Sicilia. Don Eloy Lecanda in 1864 could little have imagined that almost a hundred and fifty years later, the wines of the bodega he founded would have become some...
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Viña Albina Gran Reserva 1998

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Bodegas Riojanas is a wine-producing group with more than a century of history that belongs to the highly respected body of classic wine-growers in Spain. Founded in 1890 with the purpose of bringing together wine-growing families from Cenicero (Rioja Alta), it was established...
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Gran Caus Rosado 2011

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Located within the Penedés denomination of origin, Can Rafols del Caus is probably the most recognisable standard bearer of the inevitable liberation of the Garraf Massif as a differentiated wine-growing area.  Its winery, recently redesigned and brought up to date, is set in a...
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