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Tasting Wines from Members of Grandes Pagos de España

April 7, 2016 – 11:03 am

We attended a seminar in Washington DC at Oyamel restaurant. Nine wines from producers that are members of Grandes Pagos de España were tasted. The tasting took place in a private room at the restaurant. We attended the first seminar. Jean Belondrade Lurton of Belondrade winery introduced those attending with the concept behind Grandes Pagos […]

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Ribera Y Rueda Regions Focus: Millennials

August 24, 2015 – 12:17 pm

The mission of the Ribera del Duero and Rueda is to “Put the wines of Ribera del Duerro and Rueda on the top of the next gen wine drinkers’
radar screens, gotta-taste-it/shopping lists and tables tables.”

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IWINETC Offers Sponsor Opportunities

June 25, 2015 – 8:04 am

Plan to have your wine or tourism business represented at the International Wine Tourism Conference in 2016.

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Cava: A Delicious Sparkling Wine to Share with Friends and Family

May 18, 2015 – 3:18 pm

This weekend we shared a bottle of delicious cava from Canals & Munné. This cava was a Brut Nature Gran Reserva. Ours was bottle #066914. The vintage was 2010 and the cava had 12% alcohol.

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Grandes Pagos de España Wine Tasting in DC: A Success

February 27, 2015 – 10:57 am

This week we had the opportunity to visit Washington DC’s Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant which was the site of a wine tasting of special wines from Spain. The wine bar and restaurant focuses on Spanish tapas and Spanish wines.

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Cortijo Los Aguilares Wines Stand Out at the Grandes Pagos de España Tasting

February 25, 2015 – 9:51 am

Yesterday, on a frigid, sub-freezing February day in Washington DC, we had the wonderful opportunity to taste wines from many of the members of Grandes Pagos de España. The wineries that belong to this group are from different wine regions of Spain. Their wines are made with grapes from single vineyards. To become members of […]

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Roundup of Catalonia-style Food and Cavas

October 16, 2014 – 6:53 am

We recently returned from Catalonia, a region of Spain where we discovered fine foods, cavas and still wines. Along the way we posted 11 Wine Trail Traveler blogs featuring the wines and foods easy to discover in this Mediterranean region.

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In Search of Cavas Found in Stone

October 8, 2014 – 12:28 am

Tasting Cava in a stone hut built in a vineyard. A century ago, stone huts were used for shelter by vineyard workers.

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A Qvevri or Something Else?

October 6, 2014 – 2:17 am

An underground vessel was discovered near terraced land in the Penedes wine region of Catalonia, Spain.

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The Search for Cava Begins

October 3, 2014 – 1:51 am

We flew to Barcelona on a mission to learn about and taste many Cavas. The 2014 Media Tour of 50 Great Cavas is sponsored by Wine Pleasures. Kathy and I are part of a small group of writers on this five-day tour that begins next week. We decided to get an early start on discovering Cava.

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