Cortijo los Aguilares: Malaga wine at its best
Cortijo de los Aguilares is a winery situated in Ronda near sierra de Grazalema in Malaga (Spain). Bibi garcia is the winemaker
“Rioja is making incredible and exciting wines, the best in history”
Tim Atkin released his Rioja Report 2023 in Barcelona Wine Week a few weeks ago. La Condenada from Artuke got 100 points
Almavid: organic wines in the heart of Spain
A few months ago, I visited Fenavin, the most important Spanish wine fair in the world. I have always liked Mentrida PDO wines, so I decided to stop and try Almavid, a small family winery located in Valmojado (Toledo) and one of the few of the PDO that produces 100% organic wines. The enologist and…
Harmony and diversity in the land of 1,000 wines
Bodegas familiares de Rioja has spent more than three decades trying to escape the long shadow of Rioja wine success. And trying to show that the best known Spanish wine region is simultaneously the most unknown They arrived in Madrid and put on the beret. And they brought hundreds of bottles literally through the Real…
Fenavin 10 X 10: a list of interesting and affordable Spanish wines
I had the opportunity to visit a few weeks ago the most important Spanish wine fair in the country (Fenavin) and one of the most relevants in Europe. I set myself the challenge of choosing the ten more interesting wines for 10 euros or less that I tasted. Or almost, because three of the chosen…
My favorite Spanish wines 90+ in Guia Peñin
In recent weeks I´ve had the opportunity to participate in two of the most important wine events organized by Guia Peñin: the Hall of the Best Wines of Spain, in which 400 wineries presented more than 2,000 references that have obtained a score greater than 90 points in the Peñín Guide. And the…
Get this special wine … before it flies
In Aragon, a well-known region in the NE of Spain, it’s uncommon to find a winery with two wins and the name of a saint as its logo. Legend says that Saint Frontonio was beheaded on the banks of the Ebro river, but his head sailed upriver instead of downstream. This is where Frontonio winery…