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Vega Sicilia – new releases 2026
Ferran Centelles
Monday 24 November 2025
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WWC25 – Gazing into the eye of the hare, by Ricard Giner-Sariola
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Wednesday 27 August 2025
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What is happening in Rioja today? It seems as though more and more wineries are looking backwards at established traditions...
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From £14.25 (until 4 Nov), €20.21, 36 Swiss francs, 314.49 Ukrainian Hryvna, 2,290 Roubles Find this wine As I reported...
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Pablo Álvarez (pictured) of Ribera del Duero's most respected bodega Vega Sicilia has finally announced what the two wines produced...
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For the background to CVNE and this tasting, see Viña Real – a classic from Rioja Alavesa. We tasted 21...
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Luis's tasting notes on this historic tasting can be read in Viña Real – 1933 to 2004. CVNE is the...
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From $24.99, €17.37, £17.59, 33.90 Swiss francs, Sing$79, Can$65 Find the 2000 Find the 2001 As Purple pagers who read...
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From €12.63, $21.47, £17.45, 194.95 Danish krone Find this wine White rioja is a funny old beast. It used to...
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Enrique Forner, founder of Marqués de Cáceres, responsible for the wine that is considered to be the first modern Rioja...
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Plenty of thoughts from our Purple pagers on the ageworthiness of rioja. See Rioja to last and Traditional rioja on...
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I love tasting wines I know absolutely nothing about. Not often but sometimes I make a great discovery. Best of...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
Over the past few years I...
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What’s best in Rioja: a blend of Tempranillo with Garnacha and possibly a little Graciano or Mazuelo or single varietal...
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Find the Rioja Find the Mallorcan Yesterday in A sandpaper seven from Spain I highlighted some of the more aggressively...
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The Consejo Regulador or Control Board of the Rioja Denominación de Origen Calificada (D.O.Ca.) has announced a total harvest of...
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These notes on a collection of Riojas that are relatively easy to find in the UK supplement those published earlier...
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See here for my tasting notes. Like Benjamin Romeo, Abel Mendoza Monge is in San Vicente de la Sonsierra in...
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