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Martha Stewart meets one of my longstanding favourites, Primitivo Quiles Raspay 2002 (DO Alicante) in her show, as one of the wines presented by Pasanella and Son in downtown New York.
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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 Valencian wines on “Daily Grape”
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The gung ho motormouth Gary Vaynerchuck, who is an increasingly big noise in the wine world and doing a great job of promoting wine beyond established wine drinkers, did a tasting of three wines from Valencia on his Daily Grape site.
“Valencians contra la filoxera” – new book by Joan C. Martín
Posted on June 11, 2011
The good news is that Joan C. Martín has written another key study about Valencian wine. The bad news is that I’m due to make a speech at the launch at El Corte Inglés (Av. Francia) on Tuesday 14 June. This latest work is not about today’s wines and winemakers, but about an agricultural catastrophe [...]
Vicente Gandia – Art by the barrel
Posted on June 8, 2011
Latterly Bodegas Vicente Gandia have added a visual feast to their undertakings, by commissioning artists to work with wine casks. 21 of the resulting works have now found a permanent home at the bodega’s Hoya de Cadenas estate in Utiel-Requena.
Aula Vinícola Tastavins – Broadening horizons
Posted on February 12, 2011
To quote Valencia’s Las Provincias newspaper, “Of the private wine courses, the most interesting and prestigious is without doubt the one that Joan C. Martí (it should of course, be Joan C. Martín) provides in his Aula Vinícola TastaVins.” The course comprises winetastings of over 100 wines from around the world, field work in vineyards, [...]
Wine tastings at La Bodega de Alicia
Posted on October 29, 2010
As a masterly final touch, Rafael García, who runs La Bodega de Alicia along with Alicia herself, turns out to be a demon cook. The first week he passed around really fine pisto empanadas at the end of the tasting, and outdid even those with his quiche next time around. That’s a sure way to get me and others to come to this fine (in every sense) wine shop.
