Pamplona Tour
Whether you’re in Pamplona doing the Camino or are going to stop here for the day let us give you an insight into this unique region and culture. During your…
Grenache, a grape variety that moves us
Spain: Aragón and Navarra – Grenache Renaissance, this is the title of Luis Gutierrez’s article for Wine Advocate, a bimonthly magazine and web founded by the wine critic Robert Parker.…
2020 Parker Ratings for Navarra – Wine Advocate
Luis Gutierrez, wine critic for Wine Advocate has scored some wines from Navarra during the lockdown in Spain. He was supposed to travel to the wineries but wasn’t possible so…
Wine Wheel Aroma
Today I wanted to share a very practical tool that can help us to identify aromas in wine, the Wine Aroma Wheel. When we taste a wine we use various…
Cork Stopper types
There are 5 types of cork, I detail them before: Natural: extracted as one piece from the bark of the cork-oak tree Colmated: natural cork with high porosity, covered with…
Cork stopper or screw cap?
Historically cork has been ideal to seal and conserve wine in bottles. Its porosity allows micro-oxygenation so the wine can evolve in the bottle. Therefore cork would be ideal for…
Ajoarriero Traditional Recipy
Here is the recipe that I showed you the other day in my Instagram profile Ingredients: 1.2 kg of desalted cod, drained 250 ml of extra virgin olive oil 4…
Vertical tasting of white wine of Bodegas Nekeas
A couple of nice bottles of wine made from White Grenache have reached my hands. Quite special white wines called 25 Vendimias (25 Harvests) vintages 2017 and 2018 of Bodegas…
SINGULAR VINEYARDS
Today I wanted to tell you about ‘Viñedos Singulares or Singular Vineyards’ a new cathegory of Rioja denomination of origin (wine commission) The rules for the wines produced under this…
