Galicia has been an unceasing source of high quality, delicious and often very affordable wines for me over the past two years. Whilst I, like many I suspect, begrudge the classic wines of the world (Bordeaux, Burgundy et all) becoming luxury items and symbols of wealth more than fermented grape juice to drink, it’s worth […]
Despite my waxing lyrical about Galician wines, it seems that most people I know in Barcelona still haven’t cottoned onto the vinous beauties to be found in this cooler, greener part of Spain. If you like good Beaujolais, red Burgundy or Syrah from the Northern Rhone, you’ll love Mencia based wines from Ribeira Sacra and […]
*tasting note at the bottom **Part of the ‘Spanish Value Experiment Wine #11 of the Spanish Value Experiment is on slightly more familiar territory for me; a Mencia field-blend from DO Valdeorras in Galicia. Possibly my favourite indigenous Spanish grape, created by one of my favourite wine-makers in Telmo Rodriguez. What’s not to love for […]
Coming up this week with Maestrazgo Wine Club is our tasting on the wines of Galicia, a region that has been producing wine for as long as anyone can remember but has at times been pigeon-holed due to its great success with the aromatic white wine made from Albariño, typically in Rias Baixas, which in […]
Spain is pretty well known as being a country that offers good value for money when it comes to wine. However, more and more it is increasingly being discovered as a country that can offer enormous variety in premium wines as well, often show-casing very small areas within larger appellations, or specific ‘terroir’ if you […]