TOP-JEREZ WINES FROM EL MAESTRO SIERRA (1)
El Maestro José Antonio Sierra was a master carpenter with a dream… He was a very good and well-known craftsman specialized in the making of wine casks for the Jerez wine producers. In 1830, he started to achieve his long cherished dream: an own boutique winery producing great Jerez wines. Nowadays, nearly 200 years later, [...]
VINOS DE JEREZ: MASTERPIECE OF CREATIVE ART (1)
Jerez wines might have lost a bit of popularity in some countries and even in Spain, but it is still a fantastic drink for the real aficionado. Worldwide, we drink less Jerez wines than a few decades ago, but the quality of the wines we drink has increased. Jerez wine is much more than a [...]
TASTING ROUND FROM MONTILLA: PIEDRA LUENGA
As a great lover of Andalucía wines from the VINO DE JEREZ and MONTILLA type, it is always a pleasure to taste new wines. This time, a good friend of mine, wine buyer in a smaller but higher quality Dutch import house HEISTERKAMP in Ootmarsum (Twente, Overijssel), brought me 4 bottles of MONTILLA wines from [...]
A TASTING ROUND OF SPANISH WINES: PITTACUM & QUINTA SARDONIA
In the previous article, I told you about the three whites I tasted from BODEGAS TERRAS GAUDA, 3 very nice RÍAS BAIXAS wines from the Spanish Celt Iberian Galicia. Now, I’d like to present you 3 red wines which were sent to me from Spain. Two of them are produced by VIÑEDOS Y BODEGAS PITTACUM [...]
A TASTING ROUND OF SPANISH WINES: TERRAS GAUDA
I discovered the wines of TERRAS GAUDA some years ago, during a fabulous tasting in the Netherlands. The renowned Dutch importer RÉSIDENCE Wijnimport was presenting a big number of wines from their huge assortment of quality wines. It was the beginning of a triple love story… It was love at the first sip with two [...]