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Spain: Make Rioja Great Again!

Let me start with a bang: I haven’t been so excited about Rioja in many, many years! And what has happened?...

Luis Gutiérrez • 13 Jul 2022

Spain: The Pingus 2021s from Barrel

2021 looks like a superb vintage in Ribera del Duero, and the Pingus wines from Peter Sisseck that I tasted from barrel are incredibly elegant....

Luis Gutiérrez • 10 Jun 2022

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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....

Luis Gutiérrez • 10 Jun 2022

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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....

Luis Gutiérrez • 17 Feb 2022

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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....

Luis Gutiérrez • 11 Feb 2022

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Spain: Aragón and Navarra 2021

Vintages 2018, 2019 and 2020 represent close to 90% of the wines included in this article, and the trend for a Garnacha revival is stronger than ever....

Luis Gutiérrez • 10 Nov 2021

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Spain: Gredos on Fire!

This report includes five or six new names, which shows how dynamic the region is if 10 of the 40 or so producers are new in the last couple of...

Luis Gutiérrez • 10 Nov 2021

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Spain: Telmo Rodríguez 2021 Portfolio

This report includes wines from different vintages and regions and also the Remelluri portfolio, with a significant number from the 2018 vintage....

Luis Gutiérrez • 17 Aug 2021

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Spain: Vega Sicilia Group 2021 Releases

This covers the upcoming wines from the Vega Sicilia Group in Spain. They will be released on February 1 and should reach the markets around March....

Luis Gutiérrez • 09 Jul 2021

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Spain: Artadi 2021 Releases

This is my third annual report dedicated to the wines from the wineries that belong to Artadi—the 2018s in bottle and 2019 samples of the main wines....

Luis Gutiérrez • 09 Jul 2021

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