Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2016
Classic, ageworthy and really good. It’s not bad value, either at around £40. La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva
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Cava discovery (9) Augustí Torelló Mata
Augustí Torelló Mata founded a Cava house that has becomeone of the most distinctive in the region. He’s also written
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Cava discovery (7) Mastinell
Website: https://mastinell.com/en/ I first encountered Mastinell a few years ago when I stayed at the remarkable five-star hotel they have.
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Cava discovery (8) Bolet
Website: https://www.cavasbolet.com/ Josep Anton Bolet is a seventh-generation Penèdes farmer, with 70 hectares of vines across three farms. He started
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Sherry heaven: the 2023 release 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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Cava discovery (6) Muscàndia
Website: http://www.muscandia.com/en This small winery is one of the most impressive of the Cava producers I’ve come across. It’s the
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Cava discovery (5) Codorníu
Wine was first made at Codorníu in 1551, by Jaume Codorníu. The surname Codorníu was lost in 1659 when one
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Cava discovery (4) Vilarnau
Website: https://www.vilarnau.es/en Vilarnau is a medium-sized Cava house owned by González Byass since 1982. In the 1980s they wanted to
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Video: In Rioja, visiting 10 wineries with World’s Best Vineyards
In July 2023 Jamie Goode joined a trip with World’s Best Vineyards competition to Rioja, visiting 10 leading wineries in
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Cava discovery (1) an overview and a large blind tasting
Cava is changing. In May I visited the region to taste lots of the top examples of Cava, the well-known
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