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The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews
Six sleek guides for wine lovers wanting on-the-ground advice on what and where to drink and eat. The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides Bordeaux, by Georgie Hindle – ISBN 9781917084512 Napa...
Ben Colvill
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
Tasting articles
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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WWC25 – Gazing into the eye of the hare, by Ricard Giner-Sariola
Guest contributor
Wednesday 27 August 2025
• 1 min read
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See here for my tasting notes. Like Benjamin Romeo, Abel Mendoza Monge is in San Vicente de la Sonsierra in...
Tasting articles
See here for more information on Abel Mendoza Monge, the husband and wife team producing exclusively varietal wines in San...
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See here for my tasting notes.
Benjamin Romeo was winemaker at Artadi for 15 years. For the last five years...
Tasting articles
For background information on Benjamin Romeo, see here. Here are my tasting notes of the full range of five wines...
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See here for my tasting notes. Marqués de Riscal is like a little village in its own right – they...
Tasting articles
See here for more on the Marqués de Riscal. Marqués de Riscal Verdejo 2006 Rueda 16.5 Drink 2007-08 85% Verdejo...
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I recently had the pleasure of visiting Marqués de Riscal, Benjamin Romeo and Abel Mendoza in Rioja. It was beautifully...
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Here’s the official report. See below for one delicious 2004 rioja tasted recently: The Rioja Regulatory Council has forecasted promising...
Tasting articles
18 aug I have at last re-tasted Clos Mogador 2001 and have substituted my much more favourable tasting note on...
Wines of the week
Young, floppy-haired Spaniard Telmo Rodriguez describes himself, in a tribute to Spain's much-improved network of autopistas that allow him to...
Wines of the week
After a distinctly lacklustre rioja tasting last year it has been heartening to come across some glowing beams of light...
Inside information
Here's a photograph of the Marqués de Murrieta bodega in Rioja last Friday, 31 January. This apparently is the coldest...
Tasting articles
I tasted more than 50 riojas currently available recently, and was pretty disappointed with the results, as well as being...
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