Spanish wine: Ancient Rome and wine, History of Rioja wine, Spanish wine regions, Sherry, Fino, Manzanilla
Jean-Luc Thunevin's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last Friday evening on the 1st floor of Café de l’Orient in Libourne, our friend José Ruiz presented the book written by his father Carlos Ruiz Garcia, published by Pleine Page : « Lettre à un ami » (letter to a friend). His father, a Spanish Republican refugee in France in 1939 after "retirada" (see Wikipedia - as usual), was imprisoned in a concentration...
McDuff's Food & Wine Trail (Free subscription) | yesterday
There was a time in my life, in my earlier days of wine exploration, when I drank Spanish wine much more often than I do at present. Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Bierzo, Albarino and wines of any number of other regions, vines or styles were just as likely to grace my table as were the wines of France, Northern Italy and Germany that more typically find their way home with me now. I think that's a fairly...
RJ's Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
#3 in the Whole Foods Holiday Top Ten Wine List - the 2008 Marqués De Riscal Rueda Selección Especial. You want a good, solid Spanish white for the holidays? This one is it. I was really impressed with the nose - peach, pear and cedar, with a hint of grandma's old mothballs (which, for me, is nostalgic and since it wasn't overwhelming on the nose, brought back very fond memories of my...
Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
dionisos-008Albariño season has reared its head a bit early this year, its been bloody hot for the last couple of days in Melbourne. Perfect for sitting in the yard with a bowl of clams after the sun goes down.Pitty I didn't have any clams. I know I always go about shellfish with albariño, its only because its a perfect combination. If you haven't already seen it, have a look at Spain...
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
* * * * * Tom Perry, American-born, long-time Rioja resident, wine industry veteran and expert on wine marketing. Photo by Gerry Dawes©2009. Don Geraldo, Yes, I was able to attend, thanks to a complimentary invitation from Marqués de Riscal, whose finace director Fernando Salamero was my boss for 15 years while I was the director of the Rioja Exporters' Association. I'd be glad to answer...
The Winedoctor (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Two fascinating Spanish wines from Navarra.
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
* * * * * Charlie Olken, Editor/Publisher of Connoisseurs’ Guide Today, Charlie Oken, the Editor/Publisher of Connoisseurs' Guide (to California Wines) made my day when I saw the comment he wrote on Steve Heimoff's blog post, Joe Roberts is right about bullsh*t unreliable wine judge studies : "It seems to me that we have long ago identified these massive tastings as exercises in marketing...
Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Another cracking wine from Mount Majura, this time a blend of Tempranillo (56%) Shiraz (31%) Graciano (13%) aged in older wood. I haven't seen a lot of Graciano aorund, I'd be interested in seeing what else is being done with this variety here. These kind of blends are really showing potential in Australia, and the resulting show a bit of Spain, a bit of France, but show through very much as Australian....
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
* * * * * Culinary Institute of America Worlds of Flavor Spain Website Spain’s Innovative Vangaurdia Cuisine vs. Traditional Down-Home Cooking (Click for full article.) CIA Student Chef finishing a Paco Roncero's sensationa l "Nido de Huevo Carbonara" (Nest of Egg Carbonara) dish with liquid nitrogen at the Worlds of Flavor marketplac e. Photo by Gerry Dawes©2009 . Excerpt (article...
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
* * * * * Consumer Demand Blunts Crisis By Robert Whitley Nov 4, 2009 Seems hardly a day goes by that I don’t encounter another tale of misery and financial pain in the wine industry. The pain is real, and I suspect it will get worse before it gets better. Vineyard values, winery values, grape prices, even the price of an ordinary bottle of Cabernet rode the dotcom bubble and housing bubble to...
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
* * * * * Australia's wine glut From a post on The Curious Capitalist Posted by Justin Fox Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:54 pm 3 Comments • Trackback (0) • Related Topics: Wall Street , australia , wine The Wine Economist reports that Australia's overproduction of wine has reached a crisis point: Australia has an accumulated surplus of 100 million cases of wine that will double in the...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
by Agence France-Presse Photo: Max xx via FlickrSPAIN—With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain’s Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry’s top concern. “All over the world, alcohol levels are going up,” said British wine critic Jancis Robinson at the WineFuture conference, citing just one...
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
* * * * * Ribeira Sacra - Donde Godello y Mencía encuentran la gloria (article in Spanish) Ribeira Sacra: Where Godello and Mencía are bound for glory by Gerry Dawes (Wine News, Fall 2009) Ribeira Sacra Tasting Notes with Photographs R ibeira Sacra: The Perfect Lunch with Almalarga Godello at O Grelo Restaurant About Gerry Dawes Gerry Dawes was awarded Spain's prestigious Premio Nacional...
Tinto y Blanco (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Some Spanish wine law is a bit out there. Media crianza, semi joven, or barrica are all names for wines that have seen less than 12 months in oak, making the wine not quite a crianza or a joven wine. Now this isn't an official term, people just make it up, but Barrica (which just means barrel in Spanish) seems to be winning out in Ribera del Duero and Toro. Confusing or what? Not a particularly great...
Adventures in the Pioneer Valley (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Since the weather has turned cooler, we've taken to enjoying a glass of wine next to the fire most nights. Of course, if you're on any kind of budget, you can't be buying a few $20 or $30 bottles of wine for everyday use. So, I'm all about trying budget wines. "How low can I go?" is my eternal question. This doesn't always pay off. Let's just say I'm not a big fan of most wines that have...
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