All Posts Tagged With: "Spain"
Club 25 – August 2009
Bodegas Laxas Albarino, Rias Biaxas, 2008 – Spain
Despite a rather dismal start to summer, you can almost always guarantee that August will bring the heat! And on those blistering days when you feel like cranking up the air conditioner or better yet sitting back in the shade, you need a wine that will leave you [...]
Blanco Nieva Verdejo 2007 – Spain’s Challenge to Sauvignon Blanc
The Blanco Nieva 2007. Here is another Spanish wine with good manners — a white made from the verdejo grape in the high plain of Rueda, northwest of Madrid. The summer is long and hot; grapes are harvested at night for freshness. Verdejo has grown into one of Spain’s leading white wine varieties. Blanco Nieva [...]
21May2009 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
Rentas de Fincas Reserva – Rioja Heats Up The Grill
Rentas de Fincas Reserva 2002 is a warm Rioja. This wine is soft and earthy — very agreeable. Like so many Riojas, it has waited a long time for you. In this case, 7 years, more than a few in wood. The result is rich and smooth with a light crackle of tannin and cigar [...]
13May2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Alvario Palacios – Is He Spain’s Most Talented Winemaker?
Les Terrasses 2005 Alvaro Palacios. Priorat. This is a fully shaped, large Spanish wine. It tastes of tar and plum and soft leather. The fruit taste is rich and encompassing. The wine is smooth at all times. You can taste the skins of the grape at the end. The finish is long and dry.
Priorat is [...]
Sabor – A Dedalus Wine Dinner at the Green Room
Dedalus and the Green Room bring you the first dinner in a new, regular wine dinner series. Sabor will be a a chic dinner featuring edgy, distinct wines from several of Spain’s hottest winemakers.
Each course of Chef David Pratt’s food will have you dining at the edge of your seat. Each wine will bring you [...]
Juan Rojo to the Rescue – A Beautiful Tempranillo From the Remote Mountains of Spain
Juan Rojo 2004 Toro is a well-made tempranillo from northern Spain. Toro is a remote and very rural denominacion de origen close to the border with Portugal. It is known for the great age of its vines which were left largely untouched by the phylloxera blight. The soil, sandy and spare, proved to be inhospitable [...]
26Feb2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
Spanish Magic – A Free In-Store Tasting
Spain has 50 different wine regions with a variety of soil types and 7 distinct climates. The country currently has the greatest number of acres under vine in Europe. The variety of soils, climates, grape varietals, and altitudes allow Spain to grow a wide variety of grapes; with the most popular being Monastrell, Tempranillo, and [...]
1Feb2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
A Little Bit Of Campfire on Your Hot Dog – Flor d’Englora Negre Jove, 2006
Spanish wines can have a marvelous ashy, mineral taste, especially at the finish. It is like getting a little bit of the campfire on your hot dog. It reminds you of where you are and where the wine comes from.
2006 Flor d’Englora Negre Jove is a worthy example. This wine comes from Montsant, a Denominació [...]
28Jan2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
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