90+ Point Wines Virtual Tasting
Woodman Wines & Spirits presents a virtual tasting with winemakers on June 13… With the...
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Petalos Palacios
Malcolm Jolley finds comfort in a bottle of Spanish wine… I heard on the radio this morning...
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Try These : Two Killer Wines From Alvaro Palacios
Well, this is a first ; I find myself recommending two wines from the same producer in the same...
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Spanish Wine and Art
Wine and Art is an ongoing GFR series on the relationship between the two creative endeavours by...
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Alvaro Palacios: An Iconic Spanish Wine Producer
Alvaro Palacios has become one of Spain’s legendary winemakers in just over 20 years. His father Jose Palacios Remondo was a pre-eminent Rioja winemaker at the family’s Palacios Remondo winery. He sent Alvaro, the seventh of his nine children, to study winemaking in France at famed Chateau Petrus on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux region and in California at Stag’s Leap in Napa Valley. His hope was that Alvaro would succeed him at their Rioja winery. Instead, Alvaro struck out in 1989 at the age of 25 to find a way to emulate Chateau Petrus wines in Spain, creating a rift between them for almost a decade.
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Terras Gauda and Pittacum Dinner at Cava Restaurant: A Photo Essay
A photographic documentation of yet another exceptional wine dinner at Toronto’s Cava restaurant, replete with Sommelier Zoltan Szabo’s tasting notes.
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A Rant About Mencia… Another of Spain’s Finest Exports
Godello (white) and Mencia (red) are a couple of lesser-known ancient grape varietals hailing from the Galician interior of northwestern Spain, most notably in Valdeorras and Bierzo respectively. Recent unanimous acceptance of it being perhaps one of Spain’s very finest grapes has meant that plantings, production, and exports of Mencia have been steadily increasing over the last two decades. Two weeks ago we looked at the glory that is Godello. In this issue Drummond gets all Sommjizzy and rants about his beloved Mencia…
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A Look at Godello… One of Spain’s Finest Exports
The grapes Godello and Mencia both call the northwest of Spain home. Jamie Drummond explains why these two varietals may just be up there with his very favourite grapes… This week, we look at Godello, paired with a menu at Toronto’s Cava Restaurant.
Read MoreWine of The Week – 2007 Bodegas Martin Codax “Cuatro Pasos” Mencia Bierzo Spain
By Jamie Drummond 2007 Bodegas Martin Codax “Cuatro Pasos” Mencia Bierzo Spain (LCBO VINTAGES 39313) $16.95 Hailing from the very fashionable Bierzo region in Northwest Spain, this wine shows extremely attractive and...
Read MoreJamie Drummond on Good Food and Wine: Episode 5 – Alvaro Palacios
A couple of weeks ago acclaimed Spanish Winemaker Alvaro Palacios was in Toronto to present his wines at an intimate tasting at Toronto’s Spoke Club. Alvaro and I sat down to discuss his wines and ended up chatting for...
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