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...
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....
Is Champagne losing its sparkle?
Or is it that Cava is now of such exceptional quality that it’s leaving its illustrious neighbour floundering in its wake, its head just...
Surmounting perception barriers
The first time Phillip Cox CEO of the Romanian winery Cramele Recas (pronounced, I think, Cram-el-lay Rek-ash) came within my radar reach was when...
Château Poulvère
If I’d also included the AOCs (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée) under whose auspices Château Poulvère works in the title of today’s Cork Talk, I’d have...
Maths – the part it plays in sparkling wine appreciation!
I recently spent a good half-hour, probably more, in a very well stocked, dedicated wine shop in Teulada, Alicante. My mission - to select...
All hail change in DOCa. Rioja?
On Saturday 20th May, when I had just returned from judging in this year's annual D.O. Yecla wine competition, my phone, in vibration and...
A BBQ’s idea of a BBQ and wines to match!
When we received our invitation to Neil and Carol’s BBQ, to celebrate the former’s birthday, it wasn’t entirely true that all the wines we...
Ribera- not only reds
For a number of years at the various tastings I present I have casually asked those in attendance if they were buying more Rioja...
Sourcing classical international wines
When my UK wine friends and colleagues heard I was going to live in Spain 21 years ago they were delighted for me, of...
The International Wine & Spirits Competition IWSC 2018
Built by the Canadian Army in the early 1940s, with the help of local civilian contractors, Dunsfold aerodrome, near Cranleigh, Surrey, was home to...
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...
Reflecting the soul of the vineyard
Terroir - 'The complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced, including factors such as the soil, topography, and climate.'
Terroir - 'The...
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...
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