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Posted on February 12, 2012
The celebrated winemaker at Bodegas Hispano-Suizas, Pablo Ossorio, is originally from Bierzo. This is a part of Spain I know through their wines from the mencía grape, and which have been have been impressing all and sundry (and me particularly) for a while now. Friday 9 February saw the third annual “botillo” lunch at the [...]
Posted on January 26, 2012
A really enjoyable tasting at La Bodega de Alicia on Wednesday 25 January. There were several reasons. For one thing, it started bang on time and went along at a rollicking pace. So often such things start half an hour or so late and then meander along and take all night. Most importantly, of course, [...]
Posted on January 24, 2012
The accompanying wines aimed to display what these bodegas are doing apart from Cava. I really enjoyed the La Creu de Lavit, doing amazing things with the generally not highly regarded Xarel·lo grape.
Posted on January 17, 2012
If you are within easy reach of Valencia, you may be interested in Joan C. Martín’s all-encompassing Tastavins Aula Vinícola wine course.
Posted on January 16, 2012
It’s been fascinating to see how a study of an apparently highly specialized subject – the initial resistance, eventual arrival and subsequent response in Valencia to the phylloxera epidemic which destroyed virtually all of Europe’s vines in the fifty years following the pest’s arrival in 1863 – can strike a highly relevant chord.
Posted on January 15, 2012
How refreshing to see a celebration in the mainstream UK press of the different grapes and wines that have been making Spain so interesting for so long. So bravo to The Independent and Anthony Rose in his article “Something is happening: it’s called the tapas bar revolution”. We’ll overlook the unorthodox spelling of Quixote’s steed.
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I may have neglected this website, but I’ve been flying the flag for Valencian wine in some unlikely places. Counsel is, in its own words, “the monthly Journal of the Bar of England and Wales, largely written by and for barristers and also of interest to all lawyers”.
Posted on July 20, 2011
I always look forward to the monthly newsletters from Alforins.com, the online retailer specializing in wines from the Clariano subzone of DO Valencia (though it has wines from elsewhere, as well as very good olive oil and chocolatee and such).
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