Ribera whites herald new era
Published: 08 October, 2019
Spain’s Ribera del Duero wine board has authorised DO (Denominación de Origen) status for white wines.
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Tim Atkin MW: Beyond the cellar door
Published: 04 October, 2019
The pencil was as sharp as a tack. The tasting sheets were beautifully designed, with just the right amount of information: geeky, yet precise, containing useful details about vineyards and vinification techniques, but no vapid tasting notes. The water bottle was freshly cooled, the glasses polished and well chosen, the wines at exactly the right temperature. Every tasting should be like this, I found myself thinking, settling into a comfortable chair.
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Jascots adds Domaine Les Goubert
Published: 30 September, 2019
Jascots Wine Merchants has added the Gigondas and Côtes du Rhône wines of Domaine Les Goubert to its Rhône portfolio.
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Torres calls for action on climate change
Published: 30 September, 2019
Family-run Spanish wine producer Familia Torres has renewed its call for more action on climate change and declared its support for Fridays For Future, the international youth movement inspired by activist Greta Thunberg.
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Marques de Riscal ponders breakaway Rioja Reserva move with XR launch
Published: 12 September, 2019
Marques de Riscal has released its XR Rioja Reserva 2015, a wine which the Spanish producer said heralded its push for a new category of Reserva wines.
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Wine Scholar Guild launches new Spanish programme
Published: 24 July, 2019
Wine education body the Wine Scholar Guild is to launch a new study and certification programme centred on Spanish wine production in October.
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Spain's brave new world
Published: 23 July, 2019
The sense of discovery offered by Spain still has some way to run, as Andrew Catchpole reports.
That Spain has been on a roll over the past decade in terms of generating excitement is inarguable. Reworked, emerging and new regions have been pumping out the vinous equivalent of fireworks, delighting and engaging both critics and trade.
Q&A: Ben Henshaw, director, Indigo Wines
Published: 23 July, 2019
Off-piste importer Ben Henshaw talks Andrew Catchpole through his latest hands-on passion for making wine
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DO Rueda to embrace first-ever in-store promo with retailers
Published: 17 July, 2019
The Denomination of Origin (DO) Rueda is to launch an in-store promotion with independent retailers for the first time.
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GCF ups focus on Spanish portfolio, with organic and vegan certification
Published: 08 July, 2019
Les Grands Chais de France's (GCF) has continued to invest in its first venture beyond its Gallic roots, the Castillo Aresan estate in La Mancha, with organic and vegan cerification for a range that now includes 10 single varietal wines acorss the colour spectrum.
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La Rioja Alta SA acquires Rioja Santiago
Published: 01 July, 2019
La Rioja Alta SA has acquired the historic Rioja Santiago winery in Haro’s Station District for an undisclosed sum.
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Vallegarcía obtains own PDO
Published: 14 June, 2019
Vallegarcía has obtained its own Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) has announced.
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Indigo adds Bodega Lanzaga to its portfolio
Published: 29 May, 2019
Spanish specialist Indigo Wine has signed a deal as the UK distributor of Telmo Rodríguez and Pablo Eguzkiza’s Bodega Lanzaga – the duo’s visionary project to restore special historic vineyard sites in Rioja.
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González Byass UK MD says first Tio Pepe En Rama was “a risk”
Published: 02 May, 2019
Tio Pepe is celebrating ten years of shaking up moribund sherry sales with its en rama or ‘raw’ sherries, which established a new category in the UK.
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Q&A: Alvaro Palacios
Published: 23 April, 2019
Álvaro Palacios has done more than most to show the world what Spanish terroir has to offer. Andrew Catchpole speaks to the winemaker Alvaro Palacios, Descendientes De J Palacios and Bodegas Palacios Remondo about what drives his passion
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Rioja 2018 given the thumbs up from the DOCa despite weather woes
Published: 17 April, 2019
The Rioja vintage for 2018 has been classified as ‘Good’ despite the uncertainty around the impact of unpredictable weather conditions on the region.
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Alavesa name change to Euskadi to boost ‘weight and identity’ of Basque Rioja
Published: 16 April, 2019
The Rioja Alavesa Association (ABRA) has voted in favour of a name change to Association of Bodegas de Euskadi (ABE), while expanding its remit to all interested Basque wine producers.
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Gramona president says Spanish fizz is in danger of becoming too splintered
Published: 16 April, 2019
The co-owner of family-owned Cava producer, Gramona, has voiced concerns over the fragmenting state of his country’s sparkling industry after too many designations have sprung up delineating Spanish fizz.
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Risky business in Rioja
Published: 15 April, 2019
Rioja’s new single-vineyard classification signals the region’s desire to go after greater premium market share. The big question is, will it succeed?
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González Byass acquires Ribera del Duero winery Fournier
Published: 10 April, 2019
González Byass has acquired Ribera del Duero winery Fournier for an undisclosed sum.
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