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UKWinesOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
Majestic Wine is offering 25% off 2 or more bottles of Spanish Wine this month including Rioja from Marques de Caceres amongst others and a goodly range of Spanish regional wines. PLUS 25% off ARGENTINA e.g.Benmarco Malbec 2006 Dominio del Plata, Mendoza “A deep, rich red, this wine has a palate of black cherry, currants and blackberries [...]
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is Alejandro Fernández's project in La Mancha, his last one according to the website. A lot of bulk wine comes from La Mancha, which is odd as it can be a very difficult region to make wine in. Droughts and generally extreme weather make it a challenge, so I wasn't surprised when I read that they use irrigation in these vineyards. That's nothing new here in Australia, but it is almost unheard...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Submitted by Brooke Burton/Food Woolf Bar Pintxo , the Spanish love child of Chef Joe Miller ( of Joe's in Venice ) offers tapas and main courses just seconds away from the beach. With the help of a few glasses of crisp Spanish wine (try a zesty Albarino or a salty Txakolina by the glass), a plate of grilled whole shrimp in a rustic, garlic and citrus sauce (gambas al ajillo) or lamb chops in a chorizo...
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
I'm getting to the end of the box of Gonzalez Byass sherries. It has been great to be able to look at almost the entire range at all quality levels, the good thing about these wines is that they are available just about everywhere in Australia. This oloroso is a straight palomino, there is no indication of age on the bottle or on the website however.
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kalebeul (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
“Velen verzeggen Schiedam, maar sluiten dadelijk een verbond met Barcelona.” Is it about drinkers swearing by Dutch gin/jenever, only to turn to Spanish wine and brandy?
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I've heard many stories of woe when discussing the 2007 vintage from Spain, but from what I've seen of the verdejos and albarinos so far they seem to be excellent drinking at the moment, however the crop level was quite low. It is always dangerous to make generalisations about vintages across a whole country, but its fair to say many regions didn't have the best conditions for red wine. However, over...
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Serge the Concierge (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
To be honest, I cannot remember the last Spanish wine that I mentioned here. Looking for inspiration in a local...
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Winter is the perfect time to get stuck into some desserts, and of course you'll need something to drink with it. PX and chocolate pudding is a classic match, but it also goes excellently with a cheese plate. If I have any left over in summer, I put some in abanana smoothie. It's not exactly health food, but it tastes great.
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
The wines of Artadi have finally arrived in Australia, it has been a good while coming and the first wine is this young Tempranillo. I expect this to be a real hit, it's very tasty, its under a screwcap and costs about $27. It's Tempranillo from the very high Rioja Alvesa region, 50% is given some french oak treatment for 6 months, while the rest stays in stainless steel tank. Be prepared for the prices...
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CheapEats Toronto restaurant guide (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Greetings! Spain & Portugal are the featured wine regions for this Saturday's release. These regions offer great diversity of styles. Spanish wines have a longer history of winemaking than most wines from Portugal, but both countries have modernized their centuries...
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Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
A VERY interesting and illuminating tasting of Spanish wines was presented two weeks ago by CAVEAU, a subsidiary of Vinum Fine Wine Merchants.
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
I think this is the first Palo Cortado I have done a full post on, which is strange as I love the style. So what is Palo Cortado? Well it's not a fino and it's not an oloroso, it's a wine that goes a bit wierd in inital stages of againg and doesn't show the traits of either fino or oloroso. It's a rare thing when it happens naturally, however there are now bodegas that make an artifical style. Don't...
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
This wine has been dubbed the giraffe wine at home. I like giraffes, but I'm not sure I'd like to get too close to one in the flesh. This wine however is very friendly. And it is long and textured too.
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
A last minute invitation got me into a Quinta do Noval Masterclass a couple of weeks. A great opportunity to have a look at just about all of the current releases and a few back vintages, including a couple of vintages of the revered Nacional Vintage Port.
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Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
These 2006 wines for Cillar de Silos are looking quite smart. I'd rate this on par with the 05, which was very impressive in my book. If you don't have any of this in your cellar and you're a fan ofRibera del Duero you could do a lot worse than a couple of bottle of this in the cellar. A trio of Alion, Pesquera and this would be a very interesting look at modern style Ribera del Duero in 10 years...
