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A friend is undertaking a study into the history and identity of the Garnacha Tintorera grape – almost unique in having red flesh. I got an unexpected early morning phone call inviting me to be ready to leave [...]
VIN365 – from all over the world to swanky storage in Alfafar
July 9th, 2010My wine stocks have been running pretty low of late, what with World Cup-fuelled overconsumption and haphazard efforts at frugality. I had almost forgotten (but not altogether, Pieter) that I had been asked to do a bit of [...]
Joan C. Martín book launch (and winetasting)
June 10th, 2010Book launches, in the UK anyway, are synonymous with warm, cheap white wine. The invitation to the presentation of Joan C. Martín’s latest book, Los mejores vinos y vinateros valencianos…was doubly enticing – it’s always good to listen to Joan, but here over a dozen bodegas provide wines for tasting after the speeches.
Pagos del Molino – from the ridiculous to the sublime
May 13th, 2010Mapi Domingo and Dani Expósito, the wife and husband team behind Pagos de Molino, met while studying winemaking in Requena. When they last gave a tasting at the Club de Enófilos in January 2007, Mapi was heavily pregnant with their first child. They now have a second, and Mapi has plenty on her plate.
Vicente Flors – energetic retirement
March 3rd, 2010I wrote recently about how I’d enjoyed finding out more about the wines of Castellón. It was a pleasure to be invited by Vicente Flors to visit his scattered vineyards last Sunday. Olga and I got the train [...]
Wines from Castellón strut their stuff
February 1st, 2010Castellón is a bit of a Cinderella in Valencian wine terms, with its three larger DO sisters…So, it was a particular pleasure to be invited to a wine event set in the imposing Antiguo Casino (built in 1814) of Castellón — apparently the first official wine tasting event open to the public to be held in the town.
