Thoughts on wine

Thoughts on: Spanish Wine in 2017

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Spain is a vast and diverse country when it comes to wine and like much of the world, has benefited greatly from improvements in viticultural sciences, wine-making technology and communications which has led to a revolution of style and quality over the last few decades. However, despite still being the 3rd largest producer of wine […]

Barcelona Wine Tasting

Barcelona Wine Tasting: A Tale of Tempranillo

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Time to get ready for a particularly interesting tasting this week! We’re going to be looking at Tempranillo as a grape variety in it’s three most prestigous appellations across Spain; Toro, Ribera del Duero and Rioja. Tempranillo is Spain’s ‘noble’ grape and dominates quality wine-making to a quite considerable extent, particularly in wines available in […]