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...
Swedish wine tasting season closes
It’s been an absolute pleasure presenting a season of wine tastings to small groups of Swedish visitors enjoying the activity holidays organised for them...
Drinking with eight virgins
Whilst perfectly pleasant, the 8 Vírgenes, dry white wine from Bodegas La Zorra, wasn’t my favourite wine of the portfolio sent to me as...
Canals y Munné are still sparkling
There are couple of puns in the title and I've plagiarised my own work from a few years ago - but hey, I'll make...
Grower cavas
There's quite a lot of talk in wine circles at the moment about Grower Champagnes. These are Champagnes made usually by small (the current...
In defence of Cava
Regular readers (ahh, come on – there are some!) may remember a recent Cork Talk about my experiences at Alimentaria, the Wine & Food...
English Sparkling Wine – The Jávea connection!
Jávea, that three-part harmony of a town, on the Costa Blanca, which nestles between the, historically, more famous, Denia, and the ever more chic,...
Norwegians *would!
I once met some girls, or should I say, they once met me! Ok, it’s paraphrasing, but you know me, any opportunity to use...
Join the Q!
You have to admit it – we British are good at joining queues! If there's one forming in the market, the supermarket, the train...
English sparkling wine from Langham Wine Estate
The roses planted at the end of each carefully manicured, pristine row of trellised vines may well have been there to keep the plough...
Going Dutch
I haven’t checked, I admit, but I’m pretty sure that my Private Wine Tastings, held in the comfort of clients’ own homes, aren’t listed...
Wines for Christmas Day 2019
I always like to start Christmas Day with some fizz! Here in Spain, these days, we have a multitude of sparkling wines from which...
The green extreme
Last week's ‘Cork Talk’ introduced readers to the unusual concept of Natural Wines: what does it mean, etc. Also, I spotlighted one Spanish producer...
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,...
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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...
