In The Glass

In The Glass: Collemassari – Bolgheri Rosso 2010

by  |  20-12-2015

During a trip to Valpolicella a few months ago, on the last day, we found ourselves having lunch on the eastern shore of Lake Garda in the village of Torri del Benaco. It's a very... more »
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In The Glass: Celler de l’Encastell – Marge 2013

by  |  23-11-2015

There are some cellars in Priorat that just happily stay in the background, producing great wines, selling them, and then producing more. They give the impression that great winemaking is easy (it's not, I know)... more »

In The Glass: Gaja – Sito Moresco 2010

by  |  05-10-2015

Opening up an Italian wine is often opening up a bottle of hurt. While the Italian classification systems aren't as difficult as the French, they're not as straightforward as say, Spain. There exist multiple levels,... more »

In The Glass: González Puras – Crianza 2012

by  |  18-09-2015

It's the case that I've been tasting a decent swath of wines from Rioja lately. This is mainly just to see what's out there these days as in general, I stay quite uninformed as to... more »

In The Glass: Aixalà Alcait – Coster de l’Alzina 2011

by  |  11-08-2015

There seems to be a codified response to winemakers choosing a name for their wine. They go simple and call it "negre" "rouge" or "red". They go brash and name it "cardinal zin" or "bitch".... more »
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In The Glass: Berdié Fetish NV

by  |  01-07-2015

During the presentation of Jovani & Vins the siblings Jovani were pouring their range of Berdié Cavas which I hadn't tasted before but found out that I enjoy plenty. We had their rosé Cava called... more »

In The Glass: Domaine de Clovallon – Palagret 2012

by  |  14-03-2015

I spent the better part of this week just north of Manchester, furthering my wine education (as any who are serious in the study must do) at the very lovely Northcote hotel & restaurant. On... more »

In The Glass – Lo Corb 2011

by  |  19-02-2015

hings tend to get slow on this site when other stuff is going on which in this case is currently the work on revising the Priorat book. This means catching up on the latest news... more »

In The Glass: Vins de Taller – Geum 2012

by  |  20-01-2015

It's been tricky for the organic winery of Vins de Taller as while they're an Empordà winery they're not a DO Empordà winery. This is due mostly to sitting just outside the geographical borders of... more »
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Alta Alella Privat – Laietà 2011

by  |  30-12-2014

Awhile back I had written an article about DO Alella needing a "killer wine" and by that I didn't mean that they needed to have a mind blowing wine produced from the region but more... more »