We’re back again with another weekly wine tasting, this time focusing on one of the worlds most famous, highly sought after and fickle grapes; Pinot Noir. What a wine made from Pinot Noir is meant to taste like is a highly debatable topic, although it is fair to say that the bench-mark region is certainly […]
This week with Maestrazgo Wine Club, we’re going to be looking at an appellation that is relatively new to Spain having been founded in 2003; Vino de Pago, quite simply’Estate wine’ or more correctly, ‘single-vineyard wines’. It was ostensibly introduced to create further diversity amongst the Spanish wine market and to celebrate top-quality individual estates, that […]
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 […]
Every month I send out a simple newsletter to the members of Maestrazgo Wine Club; a small group of wine-lovers who meet once a week to explore the world of wine together in a small tasting room in Barcelona. From October onwards, I will start to share this newsletter here as well! For more information […]
So, Maestrazgo Wine Club is back and running in Barcelona after our summer break and this week we’re kicking off with a topic called ‘Summer Discoveries.’ This is more or less what it says on the tin; wines that I’ve discovered or re-discovered over the course of the summer and would love to share with […]