Bodegas in Alicante
Seems to me that Bodegas Bocopa has been around forever! It’s one of those constants on which we can rely - there’s always a...
Carie’s birthday wines
With birthday dates but eleven days apart it seemed only right that mother and daughter, Ros and Carie, should have a two-week long celebration...
Denominación de Origen Cangas
One of the best things about the recent Barcelona Wine Week (BWW) that I attended recently, was the opportunity to visit the stands of...
Mencía & DO Bierzo
A marriage made in heaven
A more eloquent wine writer than myself may be able to put it into words, but me, well, I can’t...
Gone fishing!
Does it still count as plagiarism if it’s your own words you’re pilfering, and from a different medium?
I ask because today’s Cork Talk title...
Post-Brexit wine woes?
I’m writing this on the 1st February, 2020, the day that the UK cut loose from the European Community, to sail a different, as...
DO Plà de Bages
In wine terms, whenever Cataluña is mentioned we all probably think Cava first. These days, certainly if you’ve been reading Cork Talk over the...
In the rolling hills of DO Navarra
I recently received a selection of four most enjoyable wines from DO Navarra, by a rather circuitous route!
My great Welsh pal, Geraint (not colloquially...
Happy New Year to you!
Thank you for reading me during 2019, and I hope you’ll continue so doing in 2020, the rest of the new decade, and maybe...
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...
Bodegas Pagos de Araiz – DO Navarra
Part of the Masaveu Bodegas Group, Bodegas Pagos de Araiz somehow popped into my e-mail in-tray recently. Intrigued by the wines they were promoting,...
Sparkling wine
When I first wrote about this winery, nearly four years ago, I titled it Cavas Llopart. My guess is that many readers will know...
On being a wine judge
Regretfully, I’ve just tendered my resignation from the Spanish Wine Judging Panel of the International Wine & Spirits Competition, the IWSC, held annually, now...
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...
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Deep snow in Alicante province
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Brexit passport rule changes
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