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  • 24 de septiembre de 2012 || 673 VIEWS
    Posted by Marc
    Albarino is a popular white variety that's native to the Galicia region of Spain's Atlantic coast, recognised by lovely dry stone-fruit and citrus flavours and a mineral finish.   The Vionta label Albarino is an ideal seafood wine: here in Spain it is often matched with salted cod soaked in m...

  • 6 de junio de 2012 || 809 VIEWS
    Posted by Marc
        Spain's Marques de Riscal family were the first to make Spanish wine using French Bordeaux methods, including the now-famous Spanish Rioja that's named after the region in which the family made that first Bordeaux style red in 1858 using Tempranillo fruit.   The Marques de R...

  • 3 de mayo de 2012 || 1171 VIEWS
    Posted by Matt
    When the family's been making wine since 1574 and today 13th generation members are at the helm, you know you must be doing something right, and certainly that's the case with Dopff au Moulin in France's Alsace region.   Headed by Pierre-Etienne Dopff and with Pascal Batot leading the winemak...

  • 31 de enero de 2012 || 1077 VIEWS
    Posted by Matt
    The European debt crisis has made it more difficult for Spaniards to buy wine. So, vintners in Spain's Rioja region are looking to sell their wine in more international markets. Winemakers are shipping their goods to Germany, the USA -- and even China, which has a rapidly expanding wine market. &...

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    • 24 de septiembre de 2012
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    Rioja in Five Minutes
    All-round good guy and fellow wine guzzler Simon Woods (www.simonwoods.com) gives us the skinny on Rioja -- bet it's sunnier here today in Valencia than it is over there in Manchester, Simon...
    • 21 de septiembre de 2012
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    Pazo das Tapias Alma de Blanco Godello 2010 wine review
    Tom Cannavan chooses the Pazo das Tapias Alma de Blanco Godello 2010 from Spain as his Wine of the Week.
    • 26 de agosto de 2012
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    Vinedos de el Seque Alicante
    Flavours of black cherry, raspberry, chocolate, vanilla and all-spice in this Viñedos de el Sequé Alicante 2009. A well-deserved 9/10
    • 3 de julio de 2012
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    • 3 de mayo de 2012
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    Castillo de Monséran Garnacha 2010
    Castillo de Monséran Garnacha 2010 from Aragon in Spain. A low-mid alcohol red and a great food wine, with flavours of ripe cherry, strawberry, cinnamon and a little earthy truffle. Yum!
    • 22 de abril de 2012