I spent a few hours with the Ramiro Ibáñez, the creator of Cota 45, last year in the town of Sanlúcar. At a restaurant with white plastic chairs and fried... read more →
Goyo is one of the natural pioneers in the Ribera del Duero where he lives and farms most of his vines. But this is his mencia and palomino, from a... read more →
Humberto ‘Tito’ Toscano is the vigneron and his vineyards are up at about 1000 feet above the not-too-far-away sea. Soils here are of coarse granite. The oldest vines could be... read more →
Winemakers Willy Pérez and Ramiro Ibañez are responsible for reviving the old M. Ant. de la Riva (Manuel Antonio de la Riva) winery which at one point belonged to Bodegas... read more →
Palomino seems to be a terrific way to temper aggressive sauvignon blanc. Sipping on this I found it a brilliant blend. Raised in cement tinaja on its skins for three... read more →
This is one of Nick Africano’s special bottlings, and special it is! It’s drawn from three botas of 30-year-old manzanilla from the Bodegas de Rio in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Then... read more →
From the remarkable Lopez Vineyard in Cucamonga comes an extraordinary wine that may not happen again. Foot trodden, basket-pressed. No skin contact. No SO2. Barrel fermentation ensues in neutral barrique.... read more →
Dolores Carbrera has a long history of working on Tenerife. At 20 she worked at the nearby Bodegas Monje in charge of the vines. “It wasn’t easy,” she said about... read more →
Concrete aged, all stems, it’s chocolate and serious with a long, windy finish of velvet and deliciousness. I see they have it over at Crush in New York City. It... read more →
Tendal, red and white, I love them both. They come from very high elevation—up, up far from the nearest volcano. If you go back to Issue #2 when I talk... read more →