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Virginia: A Corner of a Foreign Field that is Forever Spain
Last week I enjoyed a spectacular trip around the wineries and wine regions of Virginia. The state, or more correctly Commonwealth, is a beautiful place and the wine areas are largely dominated by the...
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September 24th: We’ll Say Garnacha, You May Say Grenache, While Others Will...
…Abundante, Aleante, Aleantedi Rivalto, Aleante Poggiarelli, Alicant Blau, Alicante, Alicante Grenache, Aragones, Bois Jaune, Cannonaddu, Cannonadu Nieddu, Cannonau, Cannonau Selvaggio, Canonazo,...
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Mas Candi: Reinvigorating the Native Grapes of the Penedès
As we’ve boasted on many an occasion, the Penedes is an unlimited geyser of native grapes. From our beloved Xarel.lo, a white chameleon grape capable of displaying intense tropical fruit and mineral...
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Charity Should go Well Beyond the Wallet: Summary of the World Wine Tour 2010...
Many months ago, Wink Lorch of the Wine Travel Guides, contacted us with a request: could we help two passionate wine lovers collect Iberian wines to be auctioned in Hong Kong, in order for the...
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Gone Gluttoning: Savoring International Cuisine in Minnesota
Watching the snowflakes fall slowly to the ground from a warm and cozy kitchen in Minnesota, we couldn’t be happier to finally be among friends and family. A year away from home is a little torturous,...
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Resolutions and Rewards: How to Preserve that Gorgeous Iberian Wine for Yet...
January typically sees hordes of grown-ups and semi-grown-ups persuading themselves to ‘give something up’. Normally, in the case of grown-ups and wine lovers, this means going on the wagon for the...
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Dominio de Sexmil: A Rising Star in Tierra del Vino de Zamora
Tierra del Vino (do not confuse this with Vino de la Tierra) is yet another small region pretty well overlooked by the wine world. Its full and correct name is Tierra del Vino de Zamora but everyone...
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Wines of Andalucia: On the Rise and Worthy of Far Greater Attention
I wish I was a winemaker, it seems such a wonderfully exciting, creative and honest thing to be. The skill and dedication required to make great wine beggars belief – the life consists of seriously...
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Senseless Crime: A Priorat Winery is Hit with Vandalism
Not an hour ago, Catalan blogger, Joan Gomez Pallares of Devinis requested that we hit the internets with an important Press Release. Normally, we’re not ones to republish PR’s verbatim, but in this...
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Part 2: Cutting up the Iberian Pig
WARNING: This post is extremely graphic; however, it does depict the very real act of processing an Iberian pig after the Matanza(Killing). If you are someone who is an animal lover, or gets squeemish...
View ArticleVuelta España Stages 15-16: Sidra, Cabrales and Roast Chicken
In our next installment of La Vuelta a España (check out the first, second, third and fourth installments), we head north to the wine barren land of the Iberian Peninsula. With Spain being slightly...
View ArticleVuelta España Stages 15-16: Sidra, Cabrales and Roast Chicken
In our next installment of La Vuelta a España (check out the first, second, third and fourth installments), we head north to the wine barren land of the Iberian Peninsula. With Spain being slightly...
View ArticleVirginia: A Corner of a Foreign Field that is Forever Spain
Last week I enjoyed a spectacular trip around the wineries and wine regions of Virginia. The state, or more correctly Commonwealth, is a beautiful place and the wine areas are largely dominated by the...
View ArticleSeptember 24th: We’ll Say Garnacha, You May Say Grenache, While Others Will...
…Abundante, Aleante, Aleantedi Rivalto, Aleante Poggiarelli, Alicant Blau, Alicante, Alicante Grenache, Aragones, Bois Jaune, Cannonaddu, Cannonadu Nieddu, Cannonau, Cannonau Selvaggio, Canonazo,...
View ArticleMas Candi: Reinvigorating the Native Grapes of the Penedès
As we’ve boasted on many an occasion, the Penedes is an unlimited geyser of native grapes. From our beloved Xarel.lo, a white chameleon grape capable of displaying intense tropical fruit and mineral...
View ArticleCharity Should go Well Beyond the Wallet: Summary of the World Wine Tour 2010...
Many months ago, Wink Lorch of the Wine Travel Guides, contacted us with a request: could we help two passionate wine lovers collect Iberian wines to be auctioned in Hong Kong, in order for the...
View ArticleResolutions and Rewards: How to Preserve that Gorgeous Iberian Wine for Yet...
January typically sees hordes of grown-ups and semi-grown-ups persuading themselves to ‘give something up’. Normally, in the case of grown-ups and wine lovers, this means going on the wagon for the...
View ArticleDominio de Sexmil: A Rising Star in Tierra del Vino de Zamora
Tierra del Vino (do not confuse this with Vino de la Tierra) is yet another small region pretty well overlooked by the wine world. Its full and correct name is Tierra del Vino de Zamora but everyone...
View ArticleWines of Andalucia: On the Rise and Worthy of Far Greater Attention
I wish I was a winemaker, it seems such a wonderfully exciting, creative and honest thing to be. The skill and dedication required to make great wine beggars belief – the life consists of seriously...
View ArticleSenseless Crime: A Priorat Winery is Hit with Vandalism
Not an hour ago, Catalan blogger, Joan Gomez Pallares of Devinis requested that we hit the internets with an important Press Release. Normally, we’re not ones to republish PR’s verbatim, but in this...
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