Mallorca makes strides in reviving indigenous varieties

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Amaya Cervera

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Manchuela – Spain not as we know it

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Keith Grainger

Keith Grainger goes off the beaten track, not so far from Benidorm, but in other ways a world away, and is beguiled by Bobal, Moravia Agria, Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante-Bouschet) and Macabeo. It’s a source of endless fascination as to why some wine regions have become world famous, whilst others remain largely unknown. “Monsieur, c'est le terroir!” is an oft-heard response, when asking the winem...

Rekindling the magic of Montes de Málaga

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Amaya Cervera

The total tinajero

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Amaya Cervera

Recognising the human factor in Sherry and Montilla

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Yolanda Ortiz de Arri

Virtually sipping Spain

Posted on July 11, 2022July 19, 2022 by Amanda Barnes

Amanda Barnes embraces the opportunity to electronically engage with exciting wines from España at the annual Wines of Spain tasting. I know some people are over the virtual tastings, and others are not getting back into in-person tastings yet. I’m personally keen on both, and — most of all — keen to visit the vineyards while I can. But while I’m in the UK, chained to my desk prepping for MW exam...

Interview with DO Cava president, Javier Pagés

Posted on November 18, 2021November 21, 2021 by Amaya Cervera

The Canary wine challenge completed

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

A year on: How the wine world is coping with coronavirus

Posted on August 20, 2021August 21, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

It’s been 18 months since the Covid-19 pandemic took its grip on the world and changed life as we know it. In April last year, we asked members from around the world to tell us what was happening in their country, and this month we’ve done the same. EUROPE Italy Michèle Shah reports on how Italy and its wine industry is coping with Covid, which wreaked havoc on the Mediterranean count...

Forming deeps roots from past to present in Rioja Alavesa

Posted on June 18, 2021June 22, 2021 by Amanda Barnes

Amanda Barnes learns how Luis Cañas is not only coaxing complexity out of its old vines and clones, but is also using them as a tool to tackle climate change. Rioja producer Luis Cañas has a family heritage of winemaking in Rioja Alavesa since 1928, and made waves in the 1970s when Juan Luis Cañas started putting the overlooked and under-estimated Rioja Alavesa region on the map, by bottling his ...