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Grenache, the ultimate back-up player, breaks out

In the chorus of Rhone varieties, Grenache rarely gets to perform solo. But at the most recent lunch for the Wine Media Guild in New York City, we put it on a stage all alone with twenty five examples...

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Three bubblies, Fox Business, and a mystery

On Wednesday I went on Fox Business–for the second time in a week! The video for this segment is available (see it by clicking on the image at right). We continued the discussion of “trading down” that...

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Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace

In August, I dropped by the Manhattan studio of the public radio show Marketplace studio and chatted with reporter Caitlin Carroll about sherry. She was interested in it since apparently the Sherry...

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Wine Future in Rioja – opening Pandora’s bottle of grenache

So the King of Spain, 18 bottles of Grenache, and a man wanted by Interpol walk into a conference in Rioja. Sound like the start of a bad joke? Welcome to the reality that is Wine Future! The two-day...

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Ribeira Sacra is en fuego when the weather is hot

I keep meaning to do a comparative tasting of wines made from the mencia grape. But every time I get a bottle, I drink it! Case in point: D. Ventura’s Vina do Burato, 2008 (about $19). Weighing in at...

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Traditional Rioja, the anti-en primeurs wine

Why pay en primeur prices for young Bordeaux that won’t arrive for two years? A case against en primeur certainly comes in the form of the traditional Riojas from R. Lopez de Heredia. One of the few...

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Txakoli, albarino, Manzanilla and more! A Spanish tasting

A group of friends that know each other through their sons’ school has a tasting every so often. I’ve been fortunate enough to lead the smart and fun group in about ten tastings over the past couple of...

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Why importer Jose Pastor says “no, gracias” to Wine Advocate scores

This week, our “set of titanium corkscrews” award goes to Jose Pastor. The 30-year-old Bay Area resident has a difficult business life selling Americans on the virtues of wines from such little-known...

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Lobstah and a surprising cavah

During the recent, week-long power outage, we sought refuge in an undisclosed location that may or may not have been the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We found a bottle of “brut nature” cava German...

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The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwestern Spain

After so much discussion of the Parker-Miller-Campo imbroglio (see a thorough recap from Monday here), it’s refreshing to read about the wines of Spain again without thinking of “no pay – no Jay.” The...

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Scores on labels: what’s the point?

We all know that Spanish wineries looooove critics, so much so that they would pay extravagant fees for a “master class” by a point-wielding critic on “a freelance.” The good folks at Torres have...

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Telmo Rodriguez uncorks terroir in Rioja

Telmo Rodriguez was in full cry when I met him in New York City recently. Although the 50-year-old “driving winemaker” studied enology in Bordeaux, worked a vintage at J.L. Chave in the Rhone, and for...

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Talking dirty: Rioja soil map

Mosel winemakers love to talk about the blue slate of their soils. A discussion of Chablis couldn’t be had without mentioning Kimmeridgian. Coonawarra has its terra rossa and Rutherford has its dust....

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Reader mail: Parker’s selective Spanish reviews

A reader writes in: I have just seen that Robert Parker has tasted the wines for Jorge Ordoñez and given points instead of Neil Martin. What is going on? I thought after the No Pay No Jay scandal they...

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Pepe Raventos on leaving Cava and making the new Conca

While he was pouring bubbly at the spring tasting of his his NY distributor (Skurnik), I spoke with Pepe Raventos of Raventos i Blanc. Late last year, Raventos announced that they had decided to...

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A visit to Lopez de Heredia

I’m in Rioja attending the Digital Wine Communicators’ Conference. I got to stop by Lopez de Heredia, the shrine to fine wine in Haro. As the sun set and the last grapes of the 2013 harvest arrived,...

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Exciting times for Spanish wine – a story over on SevenFifty

Spain makes a lot of wine. Overall, it’s the third biggest producer in the world. One problem the country has is that many of the country’s wines sell at low prices–don’t get me wrong, there are...

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