Aurora Ochoa of Penin Group and Marta Tornos Camacho of Groupo BSV
 San Valero Winery (Groupo BSV) is a cooperative of 700 winegrowers who grow mostly garnacha vines, and collectively pool their grapes. They are launching two wines specifically designed for the US market: Sierra de Viento Garnacha old wine (Garnacha 100%) and Sierra de Viento [...]

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Today Vibrant Rioja produced an excellent panel and tasting at the Puck Center. The Panel, titled Rioja: Value at all Price featured Leslie Sbrocco as Moderator with ftitve spectacular women including Maria Martinez-Sierra, winemaker at Bodegas Montecillo since 1976, Virginia Almagro, export manager for Bodegas Campo Viejo and Ysios, Trinidad Villegas, Export Manager for Bodegas [...]

Lobster Course
If you love Spanish wine, you know that Tempranillo is one of the most popular red grape varieties. As it is grown in many areas of Spain, it goes by a variety of local names. For example, in Toro it is called ‘Tinta del Toro" and takes much of its expression from the distinctive [...]

Michael Apstein
Have you heard of Manchuela? It is a very small, rather new D.O. in Spain that makes quality white, rose, and red wine. Recently, winemakers from the region presented their wines to journalists at a lunch in New York with commentary from wine educator Michael Apstein.

The native grape of the region is Bobal, which [...]

Antonio (standing)
One of the best things about being a wine writer is the opportunity to meet really great people. Wine producers always seem to be so genuinely friendly and nice. Of course, they are sales peole by necessity, yet every single wine person I’ve met has always been incredibly sincere and passionate about their product.

This [...]

Ana Laguna & Pilar Garcia-Granero
"Before there was wine, there was a thing called happiness …" says an attractive, charming man standing in a circle of similarly well dressed, attractive Spaniards off the lobby of the Union Square W Hotel. Not quite sure the context of the quote, yet it appears to be a typical example [...]

…so this evening enjoyed a rather lively evening ar the Cervantes Institute in NYC, exploring the wines of Bodegas Riojanas. Of course it is not every day that one has the opportunity to blind taste a 1962 Vina Albina vs. a 1964 Monte Real … or in that case a 1942 Vina Albina vs. a 1955 [...]

Looking for a vibrant new wine to try with dishes of summer? Sure, you can go the Chardonnay route or set down a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, but if you run in some of the cooler wine circles you risk…

… so if you have been reading this blog for a while you know that I love Spanish wine and food. Spanish wine represents an incredible value, but beyond that, each region is so different you owe it to yourself…

… so if you have been reading this blog for a while you know that I love Spanish wine and food. Spanish wine represents an incredible value, but beyond that, each region is so different you owe it to yourself…

Do you like Spanish wine? If you are like most wine aficionados, the answer is a resounding ‘yes.” Why do so many people around the world prefer Spanish wine? Well, for one thing, in today’s challenging economic climate, Spanish wine…