Now And Zin Wine

As the song says, "I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the wines from there." That's close, anyway. A slight paraph...

As the song says, "I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the wines from there." That's close, anyway. A slight paraph...

As the song says, "I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the wines from there." That's close, anyway. A slight paraph...

Bodegas Vi Rei is a Spanish winery on the island of Majorca. It's in the Balearic Sea portion of the Mediterranean, off Spain's eas...

The wines of Spain's Rioja region are varied and always a delight.  From crisp, young whites to fresh rosados to bright and cheery young...

From the D.O.P. Cariñena of Spain comes a wine called Oxte The Silence . It is a red blend of Grenache, Syrah and Tempranillo. The wine was ...

We can paraphrase the old saw, "dying is easy, comedy is difficult" into wine terminology: "Wine is easy, sherry is difficult...

It is late February as I write this, but here in Southern California it feels like spring. Today was gorgeous, if a little cloudy, with temp...

I thought I would do a little bargain hunting and spied a Spanish Chardonnay on the bottom shelf. This was a day after Spain defeated Englan...

The 2021 vintage of the Pazo de Lusco Albariño is labeled as "Crianza Sobre Lias," which I'm told means the wine was aged on i...

Bodegas Dios Baco is a Spanish sherry house dating back to 1765, with growth milestones in 1848, 1960 and 1983. The winery is owned now by J...

Álvaro Domecq bought this bodega in the late 1990s, adding wine to his horse ranching empire. This Fino La Janda is one of more than a doze...

I have conveyed in this space my feelings about sherry a number of times before. I love sherry. Can't get enough of it. Here is my feeli...

Priorat is a small wine region in northeastern Spain, less than two hours south of Barcelona. Monks brought winemaking to the area and did t...

The Hammeken Cellars winemaking team is on the cutting edge. Of the seven winemakers and quality control folks, four are women. That is more...

Bodegas Beronia is known for its Rioja Alta vineyards.  The winery was formed by several Basque friends who wanted to have just the right w...

Cune is easier to say than CVNE , which is the real acronym of the wine company spelled out as Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España. This R...

People sometimes don't give wine importers enough credit for what they do. The best importers are those with a nose for wine, who can sn...

From importer González Byass. Bodegas Beronia is known for its Rioja Alta vineyards.  The winery was formed by several Basque friends who wa...

Alexia Luca de Tena is the winemaker for Bodegas Viña Nora .  Her 2020 Albariño is a marvel of the grape.  The full varietal wine concentra...