Spanish wines with a French spin
I'm not too bothered if the Champagne Police are about – they surely can't complain at my writing, and saying, that the winemaker who...
Alicante old bus station wines!
Anybody who’d been away from Alicante for a few years would have been pleasantly surprised if they’d returned, perhaps looking for the number 48...
Phew, that’s a relief!
On the morning of the December 14, 2018, just before the Christmas, New Year and Three Kings that I hope all readers enjoyed, during...
Partners in wine
I'm delighted to have welcomed a number of prestigious new sponsors to my website during the last few months. Each has an obvious link...
Wines from Castilla
The tripling of the number of Spanish Masters of Wine in one fell swoop recently is a further indication of the Spanish Wine World’s...
Born out of love and passion
So, which literature would you say was most guilty of flattering to deceive? That of: Real Estate Agents; the backs of video cassettes; Banks;...
Is there racism in the wine sector?
In the wake of recent tragic events in the USA I think that perhaps many of us have been reviewing our attitudes to racial...
If not now then when!
Vinoteca solves the conservation conundrum
I'm fortunate, I know. I receive wines from all over Spain each month, sent by bodegas hoping for a review...
Fifty Great Cavas
Essentially, the eponymous '50 Great Cavas' publication does what is says on the can, to put it in modern advertising parlance – it gives...
A Bobal revisited
When I first tasted PF 100% Bobal from Bodegas Juan Antonio Ponce in 2017 I decided to demote it to the penultimate wine in...
Strawberry Fields
‘Let me take you down, ‘cos I’m going to, Strawberry Fields,’ yes, you got it straight away, the Beatles, and, as a ‘Plastic Scouser’...
The Brexit effect on wine
Agreed, it's not the most important of the myriad of repercussions following the UK's vote to leave the EEC! However, it's more important than...
Avincis Winery, Romania
I’m not sure if it was fake news, but I did read once that there are more Romanians here in Spain than there are...
Monastrell
My first contact with Bodegas Monastrell of Denominación de Origen Bullas (DO Bullas) was a little confusing.
In this part of southern Spain, Monastrell is...