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Vega Sicilia – new releases 2026
With larger allocations and prices held steady, it’s an exciting year for buyers. Above, new Vega Sicilia managing director Jessica Julmy. Vega Sicilia has once again embarked on its annual...
Ferran Centelles
Monday 24 November 2025
• 3 min read
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Ribera del Duero – best-value wines
Ferran Centelles
Thursday 6 February 2025
• 9 min read
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Andrew Licudi, who commutes between Gibraltar and Edinburgh and wrote this recent competition entry, laments the passing of classical rioja...
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This is the first in a series of Spanish tasting articles to be published this week, of which the most...
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Ferran presents his ground-breaking analysis of the finest grape sources in one of Spain's top wine regions – complete with...
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Vega Sicilia’s new technical director Gonzalo Iturriaga de Juan, who arrived at the estate in September last year, has quickly...
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Ahead of tomorrow's massive compilation of tasting notes on Spanish and Portuguese wines, we publish this report on the vintage...
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A shorter version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. We were entertaining an American specialist in...
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After teasing us with Alion 1991-2003 and other Vega Sicilia offerings in 2007, owner Pablo Á lvarez and winemaker Javier...
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Vega Sicilia (profiled here) belongs to a number of associations and groups, such as Primum Familiae Vini, the association of...
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See here for tasting notes from 1942 to 2007. The name of this world-famous, historic Spanish bodega has nothing to...
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This is the second part of Luis Gutiérrez' report from the maker of Spain's most famous modern red, Pingus. See...
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José Manuel Ortega of O Fournier sends the following upbeat report from his winery in Ribera del Duero – sister...
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Please read these notes, taken at Aalto’s new UK importers Justerini & Brooks, in conjunction with my account of how...
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There's always at least one great hail disaster each summer and this year it seems to have struck a region...
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