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Inside information In Rías Baixas, the return of a forbidden red

Long a local favourite, Folla Redonda may finally receive official recognition, reports Galicia wine expert Noah Chichester. Each year on the first Saturday of June, Anxo Varela steps on to...

Guest contributor Tuesday 9 September 2025 • 1 min read

The first Pinot Noir to be harvested at 21 Brix Winery in New York State courtesy winemaker Brian Barmore

Wine news in 5 Mercosur–EU trade talks, wildfire updates, Austria and Cava hit organic goals

Plus, harvest begins in northern Italy, Galicia, Beaujolais, New York and south-west France, where a massive hailstorm complicated efforts. Above, the first Pinot Noir grapes to come in at 21...

Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 6 September 2025 • 1 min read

favourite Valdeorras reds – bottle line-up in a vineyard

Tasting articles Valdeorras's red wines

Godello may hold pride of place, but Valdeorras’s reds can offer strong regional identity at very attractive prices. Above, some standout reds from the tasting. Since 2000, Godello, the white...

Ferran Centelles Friday 8 August 2025 • 7 min read

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favourite Godello wines from Valdeorras - bottle line-up in vineyard

Tasting articles

Valdeorras Godello – the Galician burgundy

A local grape made good – very good – in inland Galicia. Some of Ferran's favourite wines from an extensive...

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Spain's treasure trove of refreshing whites

Galicia is very special, and rather unSpanish. See also Galicia came to London. A version of this article is published...

Tasting articles

Galicia came to London

Spain's treasure trove of refreshing wines, mainly white. Above, a typical Rías Baixas vineyard overlooking a ría, with overhead vines...

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Ribeira Sacra – a region in delicate balance

Will subzoning this fragile Spanish region help preserve its sheer slopes and the wines produced from them? Above, the Cabe...

Tasting articles

Albariño's many guises

From seafood to beef, cheese to vegetables, Albariño can match just about any food – it just depends on the...

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Galician wine in demand

Guest contributor Noah Chichester reports on the rush to snap up land in the north-west corner of Spain, where the...

Tasting articles

Viva Viñateros

Jancis and Florencia (seen bottom left above) try to get to grips with nearly 500 new-wave Spanish wines. Jancis's laptop...

The Salnés producers (left to right): Vicky Mareque (Señoráns), Xoán Cannas, Rodri Méndez (Forjas del Salnés), Chicho Moldes (Fulcro), Robustiano Fariña (Attis), Silvia Prieto (Nanclares), Marta Castro ( Lagar de Pintos), Manu Mendez (Do Ferreiro) Pedro Mendez (homónimo), Chema (Pombal) and Alberto Nanclares (Nanclares)

Tasting articles

Salnés producers and their wines

A continuation of Salnés – the heart of Rías Baixas, with wines from the producers shown above. Left to right...

Paco Rodero raising a wine glass in front of a vineyard

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RIP Paco Rodero

The founder of Pago de los Capellanes left an indelible mark on Ribera del Duero, and on all the people...

Vineyard within Enonatur project in Chantada, Ribeira Sacra

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WWC22 – Ana Rivas

This entry in our WWC22 competition takes us to Ribeira Sacra in north-west Spain. For more great wine writing, see...

Bodegas Rectoral de Amandi Ribeira Sacra birds-eye view of vineyards

Wines of the week

Rectoral de Amandi, Matilda Nieves 2020 Ribeira Sacra

North-west Spain (over)delivers a bargain beauty. From €9.25, 15.15 Swiss francs, $16.98, £13.95 Find this wine Speaking recently to master...

Juanan Martín and Julio Prieto of Rico Nuevo

Tasting articles

A 2021 Spanish assortment

Some fascinating new releases tasted by Ferran at home in Barcelona. For me, the perfect tasting article is inspired in...

WWC21 Vandewalle S - Finca Genoveva, Rias Baixas

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WWC21 – Finca Genoveva, Galicia

Salvator Vandewalle takes us to Rías Baixas with his story of old vines: ' I have been working as a...

Wines of the week

Granbazán, Etiqueta Ámbar Albariño 2019 Rías Baixas

A tip-top, food-friendly Atlantic white from a blue house, which, we found out on the afternoon of publishing this, has...

Ferran Centelles' tasting of Albarinos in Rías Baixas

Tasting articles

The new Albariños tasted

Ferran tasted the best of the second-wave Albariños blind. Results below. See also the story of both first and second...

Dr Mar Vilanova, queen of Albariño research in Galicia

Inside information

Rías Baixas reinvented

The first, and exciting second, wave of Albariño explained. See Ferran's comprehensive accompanying tasting article also published today. The first...