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Sherry – book review
This is a review of the 6th Edition of Sherry by Julian Jeffs. I have a review copy of the paperback, published by Infinite Ideas earlier this year with an RRP of £30.00. I think the hardback version of this edition came out … Continue reading
Arribes de Ventonia Redux – bottle variation?
Following my very enthusiastic review of Arribes de Ventonia 2011, I snapped up the remaining bottles I could find, and also bought a few from the 2013 vintage, which was a slightly different cépage. I tried the 2013 first, and it was … Continue reading
Arribes de Vettonia Rufete Bodegas Arribes del Duero 2011
Time for a little light relief on winenous I think. So here is a wine I was drinking yesterday that I thought was remarkably good, and even better value for money. Arribes DO follows the Spanish bank of the Duero … Continue reading
Three varietal wines of Majorca
When staying in Palma de Mallorca last year, we visited José L Ferrer in Binnisalem where we picked up three varietal wines, each of a different variety grown only on the island. As varieties, they are not (with one exception) particularly rare, but you … Continue reading
Wineing and La Bodeguilla-ing in Palma
Recently we spent a week in Palma de Mallorca. It’s a beautiful city that is easily accessible by air from the UK, and certainly worthy of a long weekend at the very least. There are plenty of interesting places to eat … Continue reading
La Bobal Revisited
No, this is not just a revisiting of the topic of Bobal, but a bit more about Zev Robinson‘s documentary film La Bobal Revisited. Take a look at the trailer below. It gives a pretty good impression of the full … Continue reading
Cien y Pico En Vaso Bobal 2011
First, an explanation of the words on the label. Bobal is the grape variety, Manchuela the region in Spain that gives its name to the Denominación de Origen, Cien y Pico is the producer, and En Vaso the name of the wine. En … Continue reading
Tenerife revisited
We were back on Tenerife a few weeks ago, and of course trying out local wines again. In this post you will find a few references to last time. You do not need to, but if you want to better understand … Continue reading
A Spring in Majorca – but only one week
Once again I decided there are more beautiful things in life than wine bottles to show pictures of, so here is the Gran Hotel in Palma, designed by Domènech i Montaner who was also responsible for Modernista buildings in Barcelona. … Continue reading
A week of Tenerife wine and food
Recently back from my hols on Tenerife. The focus of the holiday was by no means wine, but of course I was keen to try the local wines, and as there seems to be so little written about them I … Continue reading