Yesterday I was asked to give a tutored tasting entitled Cutting Edge Wines from Spain at the annual generic Spanish wine tasting in London and thought you might be interested to know what I chose and how the wines went down with the audience of wine professionals.
I decided I would ignore Rioja as, varied and dynamic as the region is, there are many other regions with a greater claim to be at the cutting edge of New Wave Spain. I included just one wine from Ribera del Duero because it represents a new phenomenon: Spain’s newfound ability to...