Valencia Land of Wine – Free Chapter: Gutiérrez de la Vega, Parcent (DO Alicante)
Editor’s Note: This is the 2nd chapter we are publishing of Valencia Land of Wine (see 1st chapter). Articles are written by Joan C. Martin, and translated by John Maher. Each story is straight from ...
Casa Rurales: The Perfect Way to Explore Spain and Portugal in Affordable Comfort!
There is a secret in Iberia, a tidbit of information so valuable that even a worldwide economic recession wouldn’t keep you from visiting the peninsula. It’s called a casa rural, or a rural house. Generally ...
Fondillón: A Very Unique Style of Sweet Spanish Wine from Alicante
Coming across Fondillón is a bit like meeting Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, buttonholing you with stories of ancient glories and disaster. You’re half fascinated and half disbelieving. Yet he starts pulling bits and pieces ...
Kosher Wine in Spain: The Spirituality of Wine in Montsant
In the past 4+ years living in Spain, I’ve seen my fair share of Spanish and Portuguese wineries. From old, rancid smelling and spiderweb infested bodegas making drop dead gorgeous wines to sleek and modern ...
Does a Perfect Wine Glass Exist for an Iberian Wine, Or at Least a Montsant Wine?
Yesterday, I had the very rare opportunity to attend my first wine glass tasting hosted by DO Montsant and George Riedel of the legendary Riedel glass company. And despite the inference that I spent my ...
Winners for the Spanish Wine Certification Course Are…
Although we may have “eluded” to the fact that we were going to choose a single winner for each city the Certified Spanish Wine Course will be held, we’ve decided to throw caution to the ...
