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Succés Vinícola, Patxanga Rosado 2024 Conca de Barberà
A rosé to warm your winter, from £17.30, $19.99. Above, Albert Canela and Mariona Vendrell of Succés Vinícola. The wind was howling, driving the cold through our coats and deep...
Tara Q Thomas
Friday 26 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Alta, an oasis of calm – for now
Nick Lander
Sunday 30 November 2025
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Vega Sicilia – new releases 2026
Ferran Centelles
Monday 24 November 2025
• 3 min read
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19 aug I've neen asked to identify the fellow wine writer referred to below and so, with his permission, have...
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I must confess I am quite surprised by my enthusiasm for this extremely inexpensive pink Spanish fizz, and would not...
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I've been meaning to spotlight this exceptional Catalan producer in the hills above Tarragona for ages. Those who have come...
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The most impressive wine of a 54-wine line-up of Spain's best earlier this month was made mainly from a grape...
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... plus some special bottles from producers of same See wine news for an account of the basis of this...
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See wine news for my take on Vega Sicilia's recent changes in winemaking policy. These wines from Bodegas Vega Sicilia...
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See also tasting notes on purple pages . In 1981 I wrote about Vega Sicilia, 'what makes Spain's most sought-after...
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After a distinctly lacklustre rioja tasting last year it has been heartening to come across some glowing beams of light...
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It was encountering a load of bottles with little black bulls swinging from their necks while wandering round a very...
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Essence of spring in a bottle, this wine. Yes, it's pretty obscure, and made in very small quantities, I'm afraid...
Nick on restaurants
For those fortunate enough to keep a watching eye on the ever changing progression of chefs worldwide there is considerable...
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As I keep on writing, Spain is just bursting with under-developed wine regions. Toro of course is now old hat...
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This has a strong claim to be Spain's most unexpected wine – a truly delicious young, sweet white that would...
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Here's a photograph of the Marqués de Murrieta bodega in Rioja last Friday, 31 January. This apparently is the coldest...
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