Spanish wine class

There’s been a last minute change in the schedule for the Spanish wine class. I got an e-mail that says:
I am thrilled to inform you that we have just received the confirmation that Mr. Cesar Saldaña, CEO for the CRDO Sherry will join the program as a speaker. Mr. Saldaña will conduct the chapter about [...]

Recommended reading

I just made it through this book in preparation for the Spanish wine educator’s class I will be taking next week.
The maps are pretty good; I kept my World Atlas of Wine closeby for comparison, but this book is much more up to date with many of the changes incurred by the 2003 Spanish wine [...]

It’s all about Spain

I have signed up for the Spanish Wine Educators Course to be given in New York at the Warwick Hotel on October 21 through October 23. Organized by the Spanish WIne Academy, the course will be given by Pancho Campo MW. I haven’t traveled to Spain’s wine regions. My only trip there was with a [...]

Bodegas Fernando Remirez de Ganuza

I went to a Spanish wine tasting at Fiamma in New York on Monday and had a chance to taste some rare and some good wines.
The ones I liked the best were from Remirez de Ganuza in Rioja. I had not tasted them before and what I liked about them was the light to medium [...]

Mucho airén

Cool packaging is one way this company is trying to breathe new life to airén, the most planted grape variety in Spain. Pronounced eye-ren, this wine, from Second Story Selections, smelled faintly like honeysuckle, was crisp and fresh with a lime peel finish. It was long on the palate and a light lemon color. Not [...]

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Urban Oak 2004 Roble Red Wine Ribera del Duero

This is one of the lower-end wines of the Bodegas y Viñedos O.Fournier Group, which was founded in 2000. They own estates in Mendoza and Ribera del Duero. According to their website, their main objective is to become “an international group focused high quality wines and [...]