Here’s a highly recommended New World Style red blend from Spain that offers great QPR!
Tag: Spanish wine
Wine Of The Week – 2001 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Crianza Viña Gravonia
My wine of the week for March 10-16 is the 2001 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Crianza Viña Gravonia. Man that’s a long name! If you’re not familiar with Spanish, let me break it down for you – “Rioja Blanco” means White wine from Rioja – “Crianza” refers to how long the wine is aged…
Value Alert – 90pt Gem From Spain for $12!
Several months ago, I attended a La Mancha tasting in San Francisco. I blogged about it in a post entitled Is La Mancha Ready For Primetime? Of course, most of us are familiar with La Mancha thanks to the famous book by Miguel de Cervantes entitled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (or perhaps…
Have You Ever Had a 10 Year Old Rosé?
2000 Lopez de Heredia Gran Reserva Rosado Viña Tondonia – An excellent aged, complex Rosé
Is La Mancha ready for Primetime?
Last week, I attended my first wine event as a member of the “trade”. The event was hosted by “Wines of La Mancha“. Since it was my first such event as a member of the trade, I wasn’t sure what to expect, other than Spanish Wine – which I enjoy, having had wines mostly from the…
Start the car….I gotta steal!
Just a few short years ago, before the Great Recession, there were many wine lovers, and just plain showoffs who seemed to revel in telling anyone who would listen, or pretend to listen, how much they paid for a bottle of wine. Well, the tables have turned. Now, it seems it’s cool to tell folks…