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30 Jan 2012 by Luis Gutiérrez
See here for tasting notes from 1942 to 2007.
The name of this world-famous, historic Spanish bodega has nothing to do with Sicily. It is simply a corruption of Pagos de la Vega Santa...
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5 Sep 2008 by Jancis Robinson
This barren plateau between Valladolid and Aranda, self-styled roast lamb capital of the world, is currently producing some of Spain's most admired red wines, to the continuing amazement of the...
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3 Sep 2008 by Jancis Robinson
2012 saw a weird year of weather in Spain. It was the fifth consecutive small vintage, thanks in large part to very dry conditions. The resultant small berries harvested in Rioja are likely to...
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30 Jul 2001 by JR
There's always at least one great hail disaster each summer and this year it seems to have struck a region which already had far too many producers haggling over far too few really good grapes....
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8 Aug 2012 by Jancis Robinson
After teasing us with Alion 1991-2003 and other Vega Sicilia offerings in 2007, owner Pablo Á lvarez and winemaker Javier Ausás came to London in June to share 26 vintages of their top...
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31 Jan 2012 by Luis Gutiérrez
Vega Sicilia (profiled here ) belongs to a number of associations and groups, such as Primum Familiae Vini, the association of family-owned wine producers, and Fundación Para la Cultura del...
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17 Nov 2011 by Luis Gutiérrez
This is the second part of Luis Gutiérrez' report from the maker of Spain's most famous modern red, Pingus. See here for part 1.
The 2007 vintage saw a new project and wine,...
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27 Oct 2010 by José Manuel Ortega
José Manuel Ortega of O Fournier sends the following upbeat report from his winery in Ribera del Duero - sister to others in Chile and Argentina.
The 2010 harvest in Ribera del Duero...
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23 Apr 2007 by JR
Please read these notes, taken at Aalto’s new UK importers Justerini & Brooks, in conjunction with my account of how Spain is invading St James’s . In general the wines are...
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6 Feb 2007 by JR
See here to details of this plan and, if you agree that it is not desirable, please sign the petition.
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5 May 2003 by JR
You may think this is not the most propitious time to be selling off the family jewels but François Pinault and team at Ch Latour have decided to sell a fraction of the contents of the...
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