Tasting the Cretan Wines of Digenakis
We spent a day tasting the fine wines of Digenakis Winery. This estate in Crete makes beautiful blends but also produces singular versions of Assyrtiko and Kotsifali. Read our impressions.
Tag: Merlot
Tasting Emporda Wines at AV Bodeguers
In the The Sacrament of the Last Supper by Salvador Dali, a very clean shaven Jesus Christ sits with his back towards the Kingdom of Paradise, which to Dali was the coastline of Port Lligat. In front of him is a glass of wine, with its shadows falling across the table. The glass is half [...]
Dreaming of trouts and other wines of Ferré i Catasus.
For a family run winery, there is a lot of breadth to the wines produced here. We are familiar with many of the wines of this estate and therefore decided to taste only the ones we were not acquainted with or the ones we wanted to revisit. So, here are some of our impressions from [...]
The wines of Barthomeus
A cloudy yet beautiful day. We were fortunate to sit down with Carme Llasat and her husband Jaume and taste the wines of Barthomeus. It was a cloudy day in Penèdes and rain clouds were threatening the harvest. We sat in the courtyard of the Masia Bartomeu with cypress trees to our left and our [...]
Connecting the dots in Penedès – history at Barthomeus
A visit to the Penedès is enhanced by a visit to Barthomeus winery. This property that focuses primarily on the red varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dates back to almost 1700 years! The wines are beautiful.
Tasting the wines of Bodega Cerron
We sat down with Juan José Cerdan, Ilaria Martini and Carlos Garcia to taste some of the new bottlings of Bodega Cerron. This is a Jumilla estate. This is a Fuente-Alamo estate. They feel their provenance demands more than just being under the Jumilla blanket. Yes they do Monastrell really well as it is expected [...]
A Grecian dilemma – International or Indigenous. Part II
Posted On Aug 31, 2018
in Greek Wine
In part I, we talked about the influence of 300 + indigenous grape varieties on the Greek wine scene. But, how does “non-native” grapes fare and where could the future lead? Should winemakers persist with the ancient or embrace the international varieties? Read on.