Spanish Reds With Grilled Meat

Spain literally flows with seductive red wines. Perhaps a bit too much “flowing” after the recent display of soccer mastery at the World Cup, but that just proves how much the Spaniards love their wine. Sometimes reserved and a bit austere, Spanish red wines combine passion and quality, while still leaving a little room for [...]

Spain Dominates D.C. Wine and Food Festival

This past weekend at the D.C. International Wine and Food Festival, Spanish winemakers stole the show. The government of Spain’s Navarra region, along with the city’s chamber of commerce, coordinated a trip for these winemakers to present here in D.C. They dominated a large share of the tables in center of the main lobby area [...]

Viña Valoria

This week Michael Scaffidi of Plume, the elegant new restaurant anchoring the newly renovated Jefferson Hotel in DC, shares his insights on one of Viña Valoria’s best:  “During a recent ‘sneak peek’ dinner to introduce Plume, Chef Gordon prepared a sensational menu, and I selected a 1968 Viña Valoria from Rioja in Spain to complement [...]

2006 Bodegas Borsao, Borsao Crianza Selección, Campo de Borja, Spain

  This meaty red is recommended by Taylan Bozkurt, sommelier at the luxurious Stonhedge Inn & Spa in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.   Taylan regarded this wine as “another great value coming out of Spain; a wine with a long and thick mouth feel…good structure, acidity and balance.”    The wine’s principal varietal is Garnacha (Grenache), which is blended with Merlot and Tempranillo.  [...]

Priorato Blanco

  Tucked away in the hills of Catalan, Spain, not far from Barcelona, the unique soils (licorella) of Priorat create wines capable of achieving “cult” status.  Since the Priorat region is just slightly over 4000 acres, only America’s most robust wine lists normally feature them.  Only about 6% of that land is planted for white [...]

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