Spain

Pago La Jara 2008

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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...
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Sota Els Angels 2011

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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...
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109 de Loxarel

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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....
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Finca el Bosque 2010

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We have already had the opportunity to taste some of the superb wines produced by the Eguren family. The winery is located in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Here we have a meeting of climates, Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean, coming up through the Ebro Valley, and...
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Terreus 2009

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Mariano Garcia, creator of the Mauro family bodega (named after his father), is one of the most well known and respected winemaking figures in Spain as he was a member of the Vega Sicilia technical team for over thirty years. In 1978 he combined his work in Valbuena de Duero...
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Las Lamas 2010

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Descendientes de J. Palacio was created in 1999 in the Corullón area of Leon by Alvaro Palacios and his nephew Ricardo, alma mater of the project who literally overflows with energy. It possesses a total of 27 hectares and a selection of parcels of high quality, old vines, a...
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Pago Valdebellón 2010

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Located in the famous “Golden Mile”, the Abadía Retuerta estate covers just over 700 hectares of woods and vineyards, watered by the river Douro, near the village of Sardon de Duero. Since 1996 the estate has been a hotel and bodega producing red wines that are not part of the...
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Finca Dofí 2010

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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...
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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...
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Belondrade y Lurton 2010

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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...
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