Tasting for Bloggers, in Aranda de Duero (Spain)
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/ The tasting table This time I ‘only’ drove 140 km for a glass of wine. This time to Aranda de Duero, the main town in the DO Ribera de Duero wine region....
View ArticleThe wines of Thierry Matrot
by Robert Giorgione, http://robertfoodwinetravel.blogspot.com Why is it that over the years wines produced from Chardonnay have got a bit of a bad rep? Why is it that we consider more positively and...
View ArticleCatalan Cooking & Wine in London
by Gareth Groves I love food, I love wine and I love cooking so when blogger and cookery teacher Rachel McCormack invited me to come along to one of her Catalan Cooking classes to talk about Catalan...
View ArticleThe Matadors of Toro
by Donald Edwards, sommelier and wine blogger at http://notesfromthedregs.blogspot.com The Spanish idolise the bull, the Toro is hewn into their collective subconscious like no other nation. 1942 when...
View ArticleUrban wine: No urban myth
By Lucy Bridgers, http://winefoodotherpleasures.blogspot.com I just love this. This is a project that you simply could not make up. For people living in the London area with grape vines growing in...
View ArticleThe harvest gets under way
By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://castromartin.blogspot.com/ We last heard from Andrew back in June when he reported that proto-grapes had started to appear on the Albarino vines....
View ArticleWhat is a vino da meditazione?
By Juel Mahoney http://www.winewomansong.co.uk/ I love reading wine tasting notes in Italian. I always want to sing it back. For example, what is a vino da meditazione? It’s an intriguing term often...
View ArticleCookies & Cartizze – a perfect Prosecco food match
by Andrew Barrow, http://www.spittoon.biz/ Readers of Spittoon will know I have a ‘special relationship’ with Prosecco – that trendy, low-ish alcohol, Italian sparkling wine that I, and many of my...
View ArticleRupert Bates on Burgundy
by Rupert Bates Bibendum’s latest contributor is Rupert Bates, a property journalist by day and keen imbiber by night. In this post, he puts the spotlight on Burgundy with three recent tasting notes…...
View ArticleBeaujolais Basics: A few things you should know about Beaujolais
by Miss Vicky Wine, http://missvickywine.blogspot.com So I was going to write about Burgundy, or the Santa Cruz Mountains, and then … when following the beaujolais conversation on the Internet, I’ve...
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