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Spain: Cataluña – The Dry Years

Most of the wines I tasted were from the last three vintages—2021, 2022 and 2023. All three years were dry, following an unusually rainy 2020....

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Catalonia garnacha Priorat

Spain, Rioja: Update 2024 – Volume Loses, Quality Wins

Rioja is possibly the most dynamic region in Spain at the moment. It’s one of the largest and most important, so in a way, it’s logical....

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Rioja garnacha Spanish wine

Spain: Aragón and Navarra – Green Shoots

Aragón and Navarra are Garnacha-producing regions that suffered the attack of international (French) varieties in the 1990s and 2020s. But Garnacha is coming back strong....

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Spanish wine garnacha wildfire

Spain: The Wines from the Duero – Focus on Arribes

This report covers Ribera del Duero, Arribes and other appellations and IGPs along the Duero River, with a total of 408 wines reviewed....

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Ribera del Duero Spanish wine garnacha

Spain: Catch Up on Cataluña – Priorat, Penedès, Sparkling Wines and the Other 10 Appellations

Wine is produced almost everywhere in Catalonia. While it’s impossible to cover them all, this report includes 500+ wines, spanning all 12 appellations....

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Luis Gutiérrez •

garnacha Cava Cataluña

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?...

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Luis Gutiérrez •

garnacha Rioja Spanish wine

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....

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garnacha Spanish wine Spain

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...

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Spanish wine Spain garnacha

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....

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Luis Gutiérrez •

garnacha grenache Spanish wine

Spain: Update on Wines from Ribera del Duero and Other Regions from the Duero

The Duero is one of the great wine rivers in Spain and Portugal, where it’s known as the Douro. In Spain, the best-known appellation is Ribera del Duero....

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Luis Gutiérrez •

garnacha Spanish wine Ribera del Duero

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