No wine snobs here, just enthusiastic drinkers of all wines
Yesterday I wrote up a rather nice Malbec red wine from the Mendoza Region in Argentina. The UK market is awash with Malbec reds from Mendoza and I have had mixed results. Some I absolutely love and others have been seriously blah. So I decided it was time to get to grips with this wine … Continue reading Argentinian Wine Regions
The second wine in my quarantine box and this one was much more the thing. A red wine from the Mendoza region of Argentina made with 100% Malbec and aged in French oak for 12 months. It is delicious. I have drunk the Trivento Reserva before as it is a favourite of my Dad's and … Continue reading Trivento Golden Reserve 2017
I'm currently in the UK visiting family. This is usually when I get to try a range of non Spanish wines. However this time the government has dictated that I must self isolate for 2 weeks. Fortunately my family put together a quarantine care box that included 3 bottles of wine. The first is this … Continue reading The Straw Hat Prestige White
Planning some staycations for this year as travel abroad seems to be off the cards for a while, fortunately Spain is well placed wine holidays 😀😀 as this article from thisistherealSpain.com demonstrates. ThisIsTheRealSpain.com : Four Spanish Wineries
Good old Garnacha. Spanish in origin this grape is one of the most widely used globally and is the third most popular grape in Spain. If you do a search in this blog under the Garnacha tag you’ll see I’ve drink a ton of these wines. In my experience when done well Garnacha wines are … Continue reading Garnacha Grape Variety
The final wine at the Madrid & Darracott summer winetasting and our only red wine if the night. Now most people would not associate red wine with a Madrid summer which is ferociously hot and dry. Usually you mix it with done ice and Lemonade to make tinto de verano. But this wine worked well … Continue reading Insensato Garnacha
Courtesy of Bogan’s guide to wine
Yesterday I wrote up the tasting notes for a rose wine made by the Saignée/sangre/bleeding method. For those of you unaware what this means here is vinepair’s run down of the main methods for making rose wine. Vinepair.com : The 4 Ways To Make Rosé
The third wine from the Madrid & Darracott summer wines tasting and our only rose of the night. This is made by the sangre (bleeding) methid from 100% Tempranillo. An incredibly pale pink wine with a very light scent of strawberry sherbert, which is unusual because sangre rosado wines are usually darker. Mind you it … Continue reading Obalo Rosado 2018
Denominación de Origin RÃas Baixas is a small but globally reknown wine making region of Galicia in the North West of Spain. It is most famous for its white wines principally from Albariño grapes though there are other varieties. If you are a white wine fan then this area is a must on wines to … Continue reading D.O. RÃas Baixas
