Jorge Ordoñez is well known in the US as a particularly energetic and demanding Boston-based importer of hand-picked, often hand-made, Spanish wines. I have seen survivors of his notorious trips around Spain limp wanly back home swearing they will need at least three weeks to recover. He is famous for the lengths he goes to to ensure that his wines are shipped in the best conditions and temperatures.
Until now it has been difficult to find his wines, often rapturously received in the US (see Michael Alberty on Celler Can Blau 2005 yesterday for instance), on this side of...
