Josep Grau is a man who likes numbers. Before he became a winemaker, he worked in finance for 18 years. “It isn’t that I didn’t love finance.” he says. “I was actually very passionate about it. My parents were always very supportive of me. When I...
Number 16 is just a house. It sits at the end of a paved street, just across from a patch of gnarled vines, the only hint that I’ve arrived at a vineyard. In fact, I’ve toured the two-street town twice already searching for it. I’m...
As a determined band of Spain’s top terroir-focused winemakers continues to win support for its cause, the country’s consejos face a choice: do they resist, or do they adapt? All fine wine makers will tell you that great wines are made in the vineyard. Rather than put...
With his final epistle, Jonathan White emphasises the merchant’s role in assessing and advising on Bordeaux 2015, a vintage about which the team is undoubtedly excited. On Wednesday morning Christian Seely of Ch. Pichon Baron discussed with us the challenges of taking part in blind tastings...
The Gran Reserva 904 was named in memory of a very important date for the La Rioja Alta SA winery. In 1904, founder of La Rioja Alta, Don Alfredo Ardanza, who was also owner the Ardanza winery in the same Rioja region, proposed a merger of the...
Everyone is talking about the amazing wine values you can find from Portugal. Well, what are they...