In praise of Spanish supermarket wines
Bet you didn’t see that coming!
Neither did I! If you look back at my articles (you can see many archived here www.colinharknessonwine.com click Articles,...
The girl from Cuenca
Readers may remember my recent discourse on Bobal, the red wine grape variety indigenous to the Valencia region, (if not it’s here www.colinharknessonwine.com/articles/), and...
Denominación de Origen Jumilla
Whenever the year 1966 is mentioned, it always makes me think of one thing – The Football World Cup. England won it, if you...
Proactivity in the face of climate change related to the field...
Yes, I know, this title looks like that of a University PhD student's dissertation, but don't be put off, it should be a fascinating...
Corpinnat wines – How do they stand up?
This is really part two of a series with an indefinite end! Readers may remember my brief discourse on DO Cava, the bodegas that...
The International Wine Tourism Conference 2016
The 8th IWINETC was recently held in Cataluña, near Barcelona. I was delighted to be invited to attend, as a staff member!
My role was...
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...
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...
Wine with legs
It's largely an obsolete term nowadays, but there was a time when wines were sometimes referred to as having 'good legs'. If holding a...
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...
Feeding the five thousand
Perhaps I was the only one wondering what magic would be afoot when the Show Chef brought out a solitary Magret de Pato and...
There is no noun that cannot be verbed!
And I’m sure that Benitachell’s Ladies Who Charity, won’t mind my using them as an example!
Yes, I was delighted to be asked to take...
Pago Los Balancines wines come to Jávea!
I first tasted the portfolio of Pago Los Balancines wines when attending Fenavin, Spain's largest and best wine fair (in my view, and that...
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