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A deeper look at underwater wine aging
The waters, were calm. Just a few hours earlier they’d been a roiling mass of nature at its most violent; a cold boil of northern stormfront that had nearly derailed the boat tour planned for the morning. The boat in question wasn’t large and was made a good deal smaller once a dozen people boarded it, but it cut a calm path out from the harbor of O Grove, a coastal town near Pontevedra, Galicia. Narrating the adventure as we went out was, Laura Vázquez, the wife of Robustiano Fariña, […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin1 viewfeaturesspanish-winesalbarinoattisgaliciarias-baixas - news
Sangarida, Bierzo, Spain
While in Galicia recently to attend the 25th anniversary of Bodegas Attis, I had the chance to taste the wines from their DO Bierzo project, Sangarida. Attis was the original winery founded by the family of Robustiano Fariña but his wife, Laura Vázquez, is originally from the Bierzo region on the other side of Galicia and thus they set about creating a project on her home turf back in 2019. Despite several reports on Bierzo, this is the first time I’ve tasted the wines as they don’t actually have a […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin1 viewspanish-winestasting-benchdo-bierzogodellomencia - news
Arizcuren, Rioja low & high
Arizcuren is unique on many fronts, but immediately notable is that it’s the most urban winery there is in the entire region of Rioja, based in the center of Logroño, a city of 150,000 people. There are others wineries located within the core of various villages and there’s the enormous Franco Españoles which sits just on the other side of the Ebro River from Logroño’s center, churning our four million bottles a year. But there is nothing like Arizcuren, narrowly wedged into Calle Santa Isabel just around the corner from […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin3 viewsspanish-winesarizcurendoc-riojarioja-oriental - news
L’Atzar Cava Reserva
Who makes it? L’Atzar Cava is produced by the Spanish winemaker, Jordi Masdeu Català. His focus has been Priorat, however, this is Penedes fruit. Even thought the L’Atzar Brut Reserva is not labelled as such, it is produced with zero dosage added after disgorgement. It is a zero dosage Cava. This Cava is a Reserva. […] The post L’Atzar Cava Reserva appeared first on winemusing .
by Lisa Johnston0 viewsnv-sparklingorganicpenedesrevusespanish-winessparkling - news
The pains to remain the same in Madrid
Enrique? José? Jesús? No. Jaime. I had no idea as to what his actual name was but the fellow behind the bar of Taberna la Dolores, with his sharpened features, embellished by a lack of enthusiasm, was, to me, a ‘Jaime’. Honestly, there’s a very good chance he was a Jesús, but that felt a little on-the-nose given that La Dolores sits on a Plaza de Jesús; a square in name only as it’s merely a somewhat broader street in the Barrio de las Letras of Madrid’s Centro district. Jaime […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
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Marqués de Riscal, Rueda, Spain
These came up as something of a suprise when tasting at Marqués de Riscal for the most-recent Rioja Report. Admittedly it wasn’t a surprise that a Rioja winery produced wines in DO Rueda as seemingly everyone with the least bit of presence in Rioja or Ribera del Duero has a project or outright winery in Rueda. It was more the fact that they were exceedingly engaging. While the younger of the two met all points in terms of what a Verdejo wine from the region should taste like, the “Gran […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin13 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchdo-ruedaverdejo - news
Finca Río Negro, Guadalajara, Spain
For those unfamiliar with the Vino de Pago system in Spain, it won’t have too much impact to mention that Río Negro was the latest Pago to be approved, which was back in 2025. The Pagos are basically a monopole in that they’re a Protected Denomination of Origin (PDO) under EU law, but they’re not a Denomination of Origin as they’re owned by a single owner and don’t have a governing council like the Denominations of Origin or DOs. This gets confusing as the owners of these Pagos will usually […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
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Bodegas Buezo, Arlanza, Spain
The winery of Buezo is in the rather overlooked DO arlanza region which sits just to the north of Ribera del Duero, yet yields quite different wines and only holds about two dozen wineries. Here we have the ‘current’ release which is from 2009 as the project looks to build upon a long heritage of aging. That said, this release is still quite fresh and elevated despite such long aging and is a fine wine. Admittedly, it’s a bit confusing as to how the wines are named and the winery […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin17 viewsspanish-winestasting-bencharlanza-docastilla-y-leon - news
The wines of Rioja 2026
The Rioja wine region is a mighty, impressive ship. It seems to have the ability to weather most any storm. But, despite its might, will the current downward trends in wine drinking, especially reds, prove too much to handle? That remains to be seen, but via the current Tasting Report and a week spent in the region in June, a vast number of changes are happening to keep the ship afloat as well as build a bridge to better times. A work ever in progress About this time last year, […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin19 viewsfeaturesspanish-winesdoc-rioja - news
Viña Vilano, Ribera del Duero, Spain
This serves as an update to the previous tasting of Viña Vilano, except this time it’s all from Ribera del Duero with the exception of the Godello wine from Bierzo–this same vintage was tasted last year, and, thankfully, was scored the same. What’s interesting to see overall in their wines it that, despite being founded in 1957, there are constant changes to the wines. The biggest to note in all in these latest wines is the strength of the 2022 vintage which is, excellent across the board. Both of their […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin18 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchbodegas-vilanodo-ribera-del-duerotempranillo - news
Baigorri – Negu 2025
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: there’s strength in young wine. Sure, when it comes to investing or being ‘fancy’, everyone iswas more than happy shell out good money for long-aged wines such as in Bordeaux, but even when these were the cat’s loudest meow, they were always a small portion of the wine being consumed. In fact, all of these wines with five years or more of aging make up something like 1% of the total wine market. The actual truth is that more than 90% of all wine […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin17 viewsin-the-glassspanish-winesbaigorridoc-riojatempranillo - news
Hispano Suizas, València, Spain
Here’s a refreshed look at Hispano Suizas that picks up on the new vintages since the previous tasting. Overall the wines are showing quite well, even varieties such as Pinot Noir and Sauvingon Blanc which generally suffer in Spain. But, at the altitudes they have for their vineyards, these are hanging in there and producing reliable wines. The wines of true note this time around were the sparklings produced under DO Cava and the ‘Vintage’ was a truly excellent wine. Although at 50€ plus retail, one would indeed expect quite […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin20 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchhispano-suizasvalencia - news
Viña Salceda Entresierras, Rioja
While I’ve previously reviewed the wines of Viña Salceda here, when it comes to their white offer, to date it’s only been the more general ‘Blanco’. This bottle of Entresierras shifts things up a great deal. For starters, the blend is quite wild as while there’s the typical base of Viura/Macabeu and the now, more-typical Tempranillo Blanco, it also tosses in the rarer Calagraño, Malvasia Rioja/Alarije and then the red, Graciano of all things. I can solidly state that I’ve never encountered a blend anywhere near similar to this for […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin31 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchdoc-riojamacabeutempranillo-blanco - news
Dominio de Tares – Cepas Viejas Godello 2025
The grape variety of Godello is no stranger to these pages and for good reason as it is, astounding. There is only thing that astounds me more than wines of this grape and that’s how they’re not more popular than they are. It’s relatively easy to pronounce Castilian, you can make puns of the ‘god’ part or just the ‘go’. While there were many hot takes on how it ‘should’ be in the past, it’s coming around to really only have one singular face to it of saline, citric excellence. […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin18 viewsin-the-glassspanish-winesdo-bierzogodello - news
The Iconic Spanish Wines of Familia Fernández Rivera
A Historic Afternoon in Chelsea: Tasting the Iconic Spanish Wines of Familia Fernández Rivera, By Martha Cisneros Paja When it comes to the landscape of Spanish winemaking, few names carry the monumental weight of Familia Fernández Rivera. As a wine writer, nothing quite compares to tasting history side-by-side with the visionaries who bottle it. On […] This post The Iconic Spanish Wines of Familia Fernández Rivera was posted on WineDivaa .
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Alba en Ribera, Ribera del Duero
These are part of a new project called, Alba en Ribera in DO Ribera del Duero. Both of the wines present a lighter take on the more typical heavier-bodied wines found in the region which makes them drift a touch more towards Rioja stylistically, although with plenty of dark fruit notes to state firmly that they are indeed Ribera wines. From the village of Olmedillo, the vineyards are all higher-altitude plantings starting at 825m and going up from there. From the start everything has been farmed organically, but don’t be […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin18 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchdo-ribera-del-duerotempranillo - news
Attis – Albariño 2025
It’s ironic to think that in our current age of wine that there are so many producers who want to “stick it to the man” and ditch their regional organizations in Europe. Clearly, there were sound reasons when it came to everyone of higher quality leaving Cava. And Collioure-Banyuls breaking off from Roussillon also made sense. But beyond these few, rational examples of groups, there remain a good number of individual producers who often say, “screw it” and go it alone. Artadi in Rioja comes immediately to mind as they […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.
by Miquel Hudin22 viewsin-the-glassspanish-winesalbarinorias-baixas - news
2020 Viña Alberdi Rioja Reserva by La Rioja Alta
Photo from La Rioja Alta Background Having just moved to Arizona and all our wines in several storage lockers in Scottsdale, ventured to the local Total Wines to browse and pick up a few bottles of wine until the wine refrigerators were delivered to the house. Picked up several different and unusual wines. This wine, […]
by mkellywine16 viewsuncategorizedla-rioja-altariojaspanish-winesvina-alberti-rioja - news
Codorniu 1872 Organic Cava
Codorniu 1872 organic Cava is a sparkling wine that evokes spring any day. Wine review by Lisa Johnston (thewinemuse). The post Codorniu 1872 Organic Cava appeared first on winemusing .
by Lisa Johnston15 viewsnot-your-usualorganicpenedesrevusespanish-winestop-value - news
Muga Rosado Rioja DOC
Spanish rosado is on trend and not just perfect for summer and Muga Rosado is superb. Wine review by Lisa Johnston (thewinemuse) The post Muga Rosado Rioja DOC appeared first on winemusing .
by Lisa Johnston17 viewsrevuseriojarosespanish-wines - news
Bodega Torres Vina Sol rosé
Bodega Torres Vina Sol rosé is a crisp salmon hued wine from Catalunya, Spain. Wine review by Lisa Johnston (thewinemuse). The post Bodega Torres Vina Sol rosé appeared first on winemusing .
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Les Freses, Alicante, Spain
Let’s have a new look at this project in Alicante called, Les Freses that’s in a small area call, Jesús Pobre. I reviewed a selection of these wines last year, which were dominated by the wines from 2023 and 2024. This time around al of the white wines are from 2025 with the two reds from 2024. This, has made a great deal of difference as I feel the overall quality fo the wines is up a great deal over the previous tasting. I’m not sure if this is just […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin16 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchdo-alicante - news
Bodega Severino Sanz, Ribera del Duero
While I’ve previously tasted the wines of Severino Sanz, it was ages ago and this new tasting formed a rediscovery of their wines for me and a greater appreciation for their work. For those who know this other side to Tempranillo in Spain, you’ll be very aware that it’s a very different take on the variety with wines that are much more dark fruited and denser in concentration. Additionally, they can often be very pricey in my opinion. This isn’t the case here with this selection of wines which I […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription .
by Miquel Hudin21 viewsspanish-winestasting-benchdo-ribera-del-duerotempranillo