Wines without make-up!
When Pepe Mendoza was handed the mantle by his father, Enrique, founder of Bodegas Enrique Mendoza, (pictured), he certainly didn't sit on his laurels!...
Rosé wine is not seasonal
When it comes to rosé wine, I subscribe to the Elizabeth Gabay MW school of thought – it really shouldn’t be considered as a...
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...
Et tu, Brut?
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in case you were wondering. However, it's the Brut part of the quote to which I refer in this, the Costa...
Combatting preconceptions when wine tasting
I think I’m probably an atypical wine taster.
In various different capacities, I’ve been tasting wine professionally for 30 years now. My lengthy and on-going,...
Composing Cognac
Our guide at Hennessy Cognac visitors centre breezed into the room, starting the way she was to continue – here is a young lady...
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...
Time to man-up and drink pink
Readers in more northern climes than here in Spain (Cork Talk is available online all over the world www.costa-news.com click Features, Cork Talk) might...
Post-Brexit wine woes?
I’m writing this on the 1st February, 2020, the day that the UK cut loose from the European Community, to sail a different, as...
Wine under flor
Thinking about it now, all those years later, I find it quite unbelievable that I didn’t study Science at school! I’m the first to...
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...
Romanian wines overcoming the perception block
Q. What do the following have in common: an English lady, living in Scotland; an Italian lady, living in Germany; an English man living...
Carie’s birthday wines
With birthday dates but eleven days apart it seemed only right that mother and daughter, Ros and Carie, should have a two-week long celebration...
On-line wine plus deli!
I don't know about you (well, obviously, I don't actually know all Cork Talk readers, claro!) but these days I always prefer a nibble...
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