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Back in February I contacted “Wayward Tendrils Quarterly. A wine collectors’ book society” to follow up a reference to one of my heroines, Frona Eunice Wait (1859–1946). Little did I imagine that this enquiry would lead to me writing an article on Frona for the august organ…
After Gary V, now comes Martha Stewart
June 23rd, 2011Martha 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.
Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 Valencian wines on “Daily Grape”
June 23rd, 2011The 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
June 11th, 2011The 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
June 8th, 2011Latterly 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.
Wines from D.O. Utiel-Requena win medals at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
May 18th, 2011Corolilla Reserva 2007 wins Grande Médaille d’Or, eleven others gain lesser garlands. Plenty of Bobal wines in list of winners. “Médailles d’Or” went to five wines from Utiel-Requena. Another six earned “Médailles d’Argent”.
Visit to Montsant and Priorat
May 17th, 2011The destinations were Vinyes d’en Gabriel in Darmós (DO Montsant), followed by lunch and a visit to Costers del Priorat, in Bellmunt (DO Priorat). The day was genuinely hot, and it was a pleasure to get out of the car and walk around a spectacular vineyard with 100 year-old Cariñena and Garnacha vines.
I try to talk like Kissinger at Terres dels Alforins
February 27th, 2011I plucked up the courage to ask a question at the launch, which went: “Henry Kissinger is said to have asked ‘Who do I call if I want to call Europe?’, and I’d like to put the same question in the context of Terres dels Alforins – what number do I dial to speak to the collective?”
