Spain: Aragón and Navarra – Grenache Renaissance, this is the title of Luis Gutierrez’s article for Wine Advocate, a bimonthly magazine and web founded by the wine critic Robert Parker. Luis Gutierrez is a wine critic who lives in Madrid…
Today I wanted to share a very practical tool that can help us to identify aromas in wine, the Wine Aroma Wheel. When we taste a wine we use various senses that are going to give us information about the…
There are 5 types of cork, I detail them before: Natural: extracted as one piece from the bark of the cork-oak tree Colmated: natural cork with high porosity, covered with cork powder Agglomerated: manufactured from cork granules derived from by-products…
Historically cork has been ideal to seal and conserve wine in bottles. Its porosity allows micro-oxygenation so the wine can evolve in the bottle. Therefore cork would be ideal for wines that require evolution. The screw cap is manufactured with…
A couple of nice bottles of wine made from White Grenache have reached my hands. Quite special white wines called 25 Vendimias (25 Harvests) vintages 2017 and 2018 of Bodegas Nekeas. Interesting vertical tasting to see the evolution of this…
Today I wanted to tell you about ‘Viñedos Singulares or Singular Vineyards’ a new cathegory of Rioja denomination of origin (wine commission) The rules for the wines produced under this qualification are much more restrictive than those followed by generic…
