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 [...]

2006 Women of the Vine Tempranillo

Debora Brenner, author of Women of the Vine offers this week’s pick, suggesting one of California’s few Tempranillo wines.  Women of the Vine Tempranillo is produced by winemaker Dorothy Schuler in Paso Robles California.  Partly thanks to Schuler, Paso Robles  is one of the very few places in California where this Spanish grape is being [...]

2006 Tinto de Ânfora, Portugal

This week’s pick was offered by Stephanie Frederick, an educator at the Sommelier Society of America in New York City.  Ms. Frederick was impressed with the provenance and uniqueness offered by this wine at such a low price (around $13).  The wine is produced by the esteemed Bacalhoa group and comes from the Alentejo [...]

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.  The [...]

2005 Cuné Crianza, Rioja, Spain

This week’s review was written by Jordan Ross of Pasternak Wine Imports in Harrison, New York. Jordan’s academic experience, his passion for wine, combined with his extensive travels to wine regions throughout Europe and South America, have contributed to a series of articles, which have been published in Wine Spectator, Wines & Vines, Global Vintage [...]

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