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...
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...
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,...
Wine from Cádiz
When visiting Cádiz, Andalucía, it’s best not to mention Sir Francis Drake! Whilst initiating a surprise attack on the Spanish Armada moored in the...
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...
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...
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...
Maison Ventenac
Well, after 23 years writing mostly about Spanish wine, I have to admit that it was a total, though most welcome surprise to be...
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...
Holiday highlights!
Yes, Darling, THE highlight of the Christmas, New Year and Three Kings Holidays was, of course, being with you and the family – goes...
DO Montilla-Moriles
For some odd reason I cannot trace the article I wrote, having visited Bodegas Pérez Barquero, DO Montilla-Moriles, Andalucía. I’d like to put a...
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...
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,...
Gramona’s long aged sparkling wines
One of the great things about Spanish wines is that there is almost always an interesting story - behind a particular wine, or portfolio...






































