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Spain: 2022 and 2023 in Central and Mediterranean Spain, the Solar Years

Over half of the wines in this report come from 2023; they show more freshness than those from 2022, but the 2022s show good balance and were rarely overripe....

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Mediterranean Spanish wine Spain

Spain: The 2023 Vintage in the Canary Islands

This report mainly focuses on the 2023 vintage, which has fresher and more elegant wines than in 2022, basically because of the higher yields....

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Spanish wine Canary Islands Spain

A Tribute to Víctor de la Serna

This article is a tribute to Víctor de la Serna, Spanish gastronome, journalist, author and founder of Finca Sandoval winery, who died on Friday, October 18, 2024, in Madrid, Spain....

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Spanish wine Spain In Memoriam

Spain, Bierzo: The 2022 Vintage (and a Preview of 2023)

If I had to distill all the information I received, the discussions with producers and the results of my tastings into one single sentence about 2022, it’s clearly that the...

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Bierzo Spain

Update on Central and Mediterranean Spain

This report features mostly 2021s and 2022s, and they prove that Mediterranean wines don’t have to be heavy or overripe, they can also be fresh....

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Spain Mediterranean Spanish wine

Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: Luis Gutiérrez

These are not necessarily my highest-scoring wines—but some are! Most of my selections are wines with a very interesting story behind them, as context is very important to me: wine...

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Spain value wines Argentina

Spain: Peter Sisseck New Releases—Pingus, Hacienda Monasterio and Bodegas San Francisco Javier

Peter Sisseck tends to harvest early, so he was able to take a break to taste the bottled 2019s and the 2020s from cask while I was at the winery....

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Spain Fino Spanish wine

Spain: Update on the Canary Islands – Focus on Gran Canaria and the Terroirs of Lanzarote

Wine production in the Canary Islands is relatively small, and less than a handful of the wineries I reviewed on this trip existed 10 years ago....

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Spanish wine Canary Islands Spain

Spain: Canary Islands Renaissance

It’s thrilling to see an old wine region come back to life, and that’s what has happened to the Canary Islands in the last decade....

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Spain Spanish wine Canary Islands

Reviewers’ Favorites 2021: Luis Gutiérrez

These are not necessarily my highest-scoring wines, but some are! I’ve also included an element of discovery, excitement and novelty in my selection here, with wines from Chile, Argentina, Spain...

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Spain discovery Jura

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