My Take Home from RAW Toronto 2022
Toronto received its official Natural Wine stamp of legitimacy with the arrival of its first RAW...
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Tag: Wines of Spain
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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