Luis E. Garcia Sales Executive, and Sandra & Sandra “So is this a modern style … or traditional?” I asked Carlos Hubner-Arteta, President of Vinos Libres Wine Merchants, already knowing the answer.   Esperanza Castra, co-owner Grupo Matarromera I am here at the Graffit restaurant in New York, where the incredibly charming Esperanza Castro, [...]

  Care for a Cava? When you reach for a Spanish Sparkler on your supermarket shelf, chances are it’s from Freixenet, given their 200 million bottle production. Did you realize that the family-owned Freixenet sells 160 sparkling and still wine brands worldwide? Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Spain to meet CEO Pedro [...]

  Ribera del Duero!

 In Manhattan, this Spanish Denominacion de Origen (DO) sounded so glamorous and exotic, especially as it is home to the world’s most famous and expensive wines (Vega Sicilia, anyone?)

 Terroir of the Duero

 Wine students learn all about the soil (clay and sand), and the vineyards that stretch from the famed [...]