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...
Muddy boots and wine
The French have been making a significant contribution to the wine world for centuries. Nowadays there are wonderful wines from many parts of the...
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...
Your Christmas Day wines here!
Wow – where did that go? Another year has gone by and here I am once again writing about wines that I’d recommend to...
All the best stories start with a plot
It is far better to travel to a winery for a tour, and crucially, a tasting, with somebody else driving! The more so, when...
Spanish wine’s Movers & Shakers 2018
Why, oh why do I annually set myself these difficult tasks? Christmas Day Wines, the Cork Talk Top Ten, Recommended Christmas Presents, Cork Talk...
A Rosé fizz & a Chardonnay for summer
I wouldn't say I was inundated, but it is true that I receive a large number of solicited and unsolicited wines during the year....
Final Musical Dinner with Paired Wines 2017
Our final Musical Dinner with Paired Wines of 2017 was held early December in Moraira harbour’s Club Nautico Restaurant. Whilst such dinners are usually...
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...
Two sides to a story!
This is Part Two of an article started last week, entitled ‘Land Grab’. It is archived here www.colinharknessonwine.com click Articles.
Señor Fernando Mora MW (http://bodegasfrontonio.com/en/the-team/)...
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...
Wine related Christmas presents 2017
I'm often asked about any wine related presents I might recommend for the lady who wants to surprise her man, and indeed, vice versa...
The tip-off!
Museum Wines and No.8 Wine Shop, Dorset
In those halcyon days of yesteryear, whilst working as a professional football scout for Liverpool FC (did I...
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