The ‘Cork Talk’ wine year
Regular readers on the Costas of Spain where the print editions are available, plus those in the rest of this wonderful wine country who...
The still before the fizz!
All cava producers start out as makers of still wine first. Short of buying in still wines made by another producer (a practice that...
Gone fishing!
Does it still count as plagiarism if it’s your own words you’re pilfering, and from a different medium?
I ask because today’s Cork Talk title...
Judging at ‘Yecla, San Isidro 2017’
I'm neither surprised nor disappointed that I can no longer lay claim to being the only foreigner to be invited to help judge the...
CofradÃa del Vino Reino de la Monastrell
Receiving an invitation to join the judging panel of the above, wholly Spanish, prestigious fraternity, or brotherhood, above gives one an inkling at least,...
Vins del Comtat
By Colin Harkness
I wonder if my fellow tasters noticed an apparent light-headed dizziness about me when I first set eyes on the new bottle...
What have the Romans ever done for us?
You’ll remember the classic Monty Pythons sketch, I’m sure, though you might not have realised at the time that there is an oblique reference...
Five go judging!
We decided to pass, on Enid Blyton’s ‘lashings of ginger beer’, the Famous Five this time reconvening to judge the annual 50 Great Sparkling...
Why we should drink Cava all year round!
If the trend over the last decade continues, and I've no reason to believe it won't, it's likely that we will see, when the...
Wine merchants or supermarkets?
My final epistle from the UK before our return to the sunshine is largely a reflection on my wine buying experiences here in the...
New bodega in Yecla
It's not every day that one is invited to the inauguration of a brand new bodega here in Spain; the more so when the...
Happy New Year to you!
Thank you for reading me during 2019, and I hope you’ll continue so doing in 2020, the rest of the new decade, and maybe...
A cause, or source, of great pleasure!
Quite a claim for a wine, don't you think? Well, I'll get on to Delit, from Bodegas Finca Collado, DO Alicante, a little later....
Craft beers in Benissa
When I first started teaching, September 1975, I hit it off immediately with my boss, Head of PE, Arthur Roberts, now, sadly no longer...
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Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
