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Category Archives: Spanish Wine
Recent Wines (May 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
I’m getting behind (as usual) with this “recent wines” malarkey, so I’m going to split May and June into two more digestible bites – eight wines from May today and then eight wines from June next week. PN17, Tillingham Vineyard, … Continue reading
Posted in Czech Wine, English Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Anne & Jean-François Ganevat, Ben Walgate, Czech Wine, Domaine des Bodines, Domaine Hughes-Beguet, Foradori Lezèr Teroldego, Kéké Descombes Morgon 2016, Kewin Descombes Morgon 2016, Moravian Wine, Nevrosé 2016, Oh Yeah! Savagnin, Patrice Béguet, Recent Wines May 2018, Ryzlink Rynsky Jakub Novak, Tillingham PN17, Vinel-lo Partida Creus, Y'a bon the Canon
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Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)
At least once a year the treat of a Sherry-focused lunch comes around, and I’m sure some of you have read tales from our “Fish & Fino” lunches in the past. This week we went to Pizarro, one of José … Continue reading
Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Amontillado, Amontillado 30-y-o Bodegas Tradicion, Antique Oloroso Fernando de Castilla, Berry Brothers Sherry Bottlings, Equipo Navazos, Fino, Inocente Fino Valdespino, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Amontillado 37, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 59, La Bota de Palo Cortado 72 "Pata de Gallina", La Gitana Aniversario Hidalgo, Lustau Palo Cortado Almacenista Vides, Manzanilla, Montilla-Moriles, Old & Plus Oloroso Romate, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro-Ximenez Grape, Pizarro Bermondsey, PX Grown in Jerez, Sanlucar, Sherry, Sherry Lunch, Solera Fundacion 1830 PX Navarro, Spanish Restaurants London, Tio Pepe Una Palma, Very Old Sherry, Ximenez-Spinola Medium Old Harvest
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Ribera Del Duero
This is the Tasting I alluded to in my last article. Ribera Del Duero may be one of Spain’s top winemaking regions, but the wines do have a reputation for tannin, and a lack of approachability when young. Not too … Continue reading
Posted in Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro, Bodegas Fuentenarro, Bodegas Hermanos Perez Pascuas, Bodegas Pignon, Bodegas Tionio, Cillar de Silos, Dominio Basconcillos, Dominio de Es, Dominio Del Aguila, El Lagar de Isilla, Felix Callejo, Goyo Garcia Viadero, Pago de los Capellanes, Pagos de Morgar, Quinta Milu, Ribera Del Duero, Vega Sicilia, Westbury Communications
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Another “Masters” Class (Spanish Whites)
Just six of us were at Masters Superfish yesterday for a lunch themed on Spanish Whites. I must say that there are those among us who feel that our Fino lunches here in Waterloo provide a wine style most suited to fish … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Adegas Coroa Godello 2006, Alan de Val, Bodega Can Ramon, Bodegas Sonsierra Rioja, Castell d'Encus, Clos Lentiscus Sumoll Ferèstec, Colet, Colet-Navazos Reserva 2010, Costers del Segre, Ekam, Equipo Navazos, Godello, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Palacio de Canedo, Pardoxin Dulce, Pedrazais Godello Sobre Lias, Prado a Tope, Spanish Riesling, Spanish sparkling wine, Spanish white wines, Sweet Godello, Tempranillo Blanco, Valdeorras
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Up the Junction
Thirty years ago I lived less than ten minutes’ walk north of Dalston Junction. This part of London was very different back then. There was no spanking new Overground Station where there are now two. There were certainly no “luxury … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Dining, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Wines, Best Calzone London, Dalston Food and Wine, Fed by Water, Fernando Berry, Furanxo, Marenas Montepilas, Newcomer Wines, Otros Vinos, Ridley Road Market, Spanish Delicatessen, Spanish Wines, Vegan London, Vegan Restaurants London
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Viñateros – A Spanish Wine Revolution
It has been, unusually, two weeks since I’ve posted an article. This has largely been down to my trip to Switzerland, which I’ll be writing about soon. I apologise if you therefore end up being bombarded with articles this week. … Continue reading
Posted in Spanish Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged 4 Kilos Mallorca, Abel Mendoza Rioja, Celler Pardas, Comando G, Daniel Landi, Envinate, Equipo Navazos, Fedellos do Couto, Loxarel Penedes, Nin-Ortiz Priorat, Pagos de Villavendimia, Rafael Palacios, Remelluri Blanco 2013, Spanish Wine, Spanish Wine Tasting, Suertes del Marqués, Tate Modern Wine Tastings, Telmo Rodrigues, Tenerife Wine, Terroir Al Limit, Vinateros, Wines of Spain, Zarate
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