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Another piece of Priorat history: Fra Fulcó 2001

by  |  30-03-2022

We continue to take a look at special wines available in the Ukraine Charity Wine Auction. Such as this very rare, 21 year-old Priorat wine that is indeed available to bid on only until this... more »

Ukraine meets Penedès

by  |  28-03-2022

When Anna Zahorodnya was a teenager in Kostopil, Ukraine she had no idea how different her adult life would be. And who could, given that now in her 30s, she lives in a completely different... more »

Scala Dei and la Cartoixa 1974

by  |  25-03-2022

Much praise is rightly given to the group of people who came to Priorat, Catalunya in the 1980s and saw not a remote wine region in serious decline, but a wondrous terroir with great possibility.... more »

Wines for Ukraine Auction

by  |  21-03-2022

When Russian tanks invaded Ukraine on February 24th, like millions of other people in the world, I was stunned. That feeling soon passed to anger and it has mostly stayed there, being punctuated by sadness... more »

A deeper look at DOQ Priorat 2019

by  |  17-03-2022

Whenever I can, I put together special tastings upon request in Priorat. They’re often for those visiting who want to sate a general wine curiosity or for dig deeper into a specific theme. In the... more »
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A taste of Tejo through Falua’s Conde Vimioso

by  |  14-03-2022

Portugal doesn’t lack for wine excitement these days. That’s impressive given that it’s a relatively small size on the Iberian Peninsula and small islands in the Atlantic. Big things come in small packages however as... more »

The wines of Petaluma Gap AVA 2022

by  |  08-03-2022

Napa Valley has long-claimed the wealth of headlines about California wine. The irony in this is that it produces but 4% of all wine in California each year. Sonoma County to the west of Napa... more »

Cul de Cuvée 05-03-2022

by  |  05-03-2022

A bluntly-curated selection of absolutely random recent bits from around the wine and drink world. In much the same way that ancient sex objects are often mis-categorized as “tools” in museums, it appears that what... more »