Celebrating the end of ‘La Crisis’
After twenty years in the Spanish Wine World, which has included countless winery visits, I suppose it's inevitable that some of the people who...
Spanish wines for the Chinese New Year
Fortuitously (like the cookies?) this year's Chinese New Year fell on the weekend of one of the Fine Wine & Gourmet Dine programmes on...
La guerre des vins and its implications
I'm quite sure that the perpetrators of the recent (Jan. 2017), surely criminal, acts of vandalism targeting Spanish bulk wine tankers just over the...
Historic Somontano & a bodega with modernity at its core
Forgive me if you've heard this before, but I do believe it's worth saying again – I've never tasted a poor wine from DO...
Cava de Paraje Calificado – An update
It's something of an on-going saga, I know, but judging by the postbag I receive from avid readers (come on, I'm a journalist, exaggeration...
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...
Praising pud wines
The trouble with Dessert Wines is that, by definition (arguably), they arrive late for the party. During the recently past Christmas celebrations we've all...
Wines for The Three Kings
Be fair – they've travelled a long way. Plus, of course, they've brought with them some fantastic gifts. So the least we can do...
New Year’s resolutions for 2017
Remarkably, I'm well ahead of myself this year. As I write, there are a full two weeks to go before this article appears in...
People and institutions of the year
Continuing with the long-established tradition, this, one of my final articles of 2016, is about the prime movers involved in the world of Spanish...
The ‘Cork Talk’ wine year
Regular readers on the Costas of Spain where the print editions are available, plus those in the rest of this wonderful wine country who...
Aging baby-making machine
As far as I can tell Mick Jagger has always got satisfaction, the fruits of which are his eight children.
The Rolling Stones’ frontman may...
The ten best Spanish wines tasted in 2016
Always a difficult article, this, the more so as time goes on and the quality of Spanish wine continues to increase. I'm not sure...
Your Christmas Day wines here!
I always enjoy writing ‘Cork Talk’. Imparting (hopefully?) some of my passion for Spanish wine, as well as (maybe?) informing, and (perhaps?) to an...
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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...
