Cava discovery (1) Parés Baltà
Website: https://paresbalta.com/en/ Part one of this exploration of Cava begins with Parés Baltà. They are one of the most exciting
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Spain
Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla: comparing the regular bottling with the 2023 and 2021 releases of en rama
This wine comes from The El Cuadrado vineyard in Balbaina Alta, which is actually in Jerez, but the wine is
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The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain
Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner
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Highlights : Borja Pérez Artífice Vidueños 2020, Ycoden Daute Isora, Tenerife, Spain
Borja Pérez is an ex-race car driver-turned winemaker based in the northern part of Tenerife. After his previous high octane
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L’Enclòs de Peralba, an exciting vineyard-focused project from Penedès
L’Enclòs de Peralba is the project of cousins Leo and Roc Gramona, who come from the Gramona family well known
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Highlights: Pícaro del Aguilar Clarete Vinhas Velhas 2016 Ribera del Duero, Spain
This is a really intriguing wine that I’ve fallen in love with, and which I buy. It’s the in-between land
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The wines of Raúl Pérez, Bierzo, Spain
Raúl Pérez is one of the key figures in ‘New Spain’. Based in Bierzo in northwest Spain, he first made
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Visiting Hidalgo La Gitana, one of the Sherry region’s leading producers
I arrived at Hidalgo La Gitana just as they were about to begin harvesting the 2022 vintage, and it was
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Video: Visiting Hidalgo La Gitana in Sanlucar de Barremeda, one of the top bodegas in the Sherry triangle
It’s harvest time in Sherry country, and Jamie Goode visits Hidalgo La Gitana in the coastal town of Sanlucar de
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Sherry heaven: the 2022 bottlings of Lustau’s 3 en rama
Website: Lustau 3 en rama En Rama sherry – bottled straight from the casks, raw and unfiltered, have become a
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