Eat. Drink. Explore. España!
The time has come. Nine months of waiting anxiously my driving trip to two of Spain’s premier wine regions: 1) Rioja, and 2) Ribera del Duero (Wine Enthusiast’s 2012 Wine Region of the Year). I would love to share with you in advance the amazing winery tours and hotels that are on the agenda, but, …
Membership is said to have privileges. When you are a Spanish wine nerd (aka “connoisseur”) word gets around. When my friend Dennis, wine buyer at 3rd Corner in Ocean Beach (San Diego), called with a rare opportunity to taste an array of wines from CVNE (presented by Epic Wines) of Rioja (one of Spain’s two …
Great Match 2011 was held in New York City a couple of weeks ago. This annual Spanish food and wine extravaganza has more to offer a Hispanophile than any other event throughout the year. This my third go-around at the Great Match, I opted to spend more time focusing on new and/or unusual wines as …
Summer is most certainly upon us. Wine drinkers all around the globe are revving up their computers in an effort to find the perfect white and rosé wines for the coming months. Not so fast! I recently had some friends over for a horizontal tasting of some red wines from Agro de Bazán (labeled “Mas …
The Wines from Spain Great Match events are some of the country’s best Spanish wine events and always showcases a multitude of amazing wines from around Spain. The Great Match Los Angeles was my first visit to the event; I enjoyed it so much (possibly due to my friends at Drink Ribera) that I decided …