567. Antech, Crémant de Limoux Cuvée Eugénie Brut, 2005 
566. Equipo Navazos, La Bota de Palo Cortado 21, NV (2011) 
565. Equipo Navazos, La Bota de Fino Macharnudo Alto 18, NV (2011) 
564. Equipo Navazos, La Bota de Manzanilla 22, NV (2011) 
563. D’Angelo, Aglianico del Vulture Riserva Caselle, 2003 
562. Château Fourcas Dupré, Listrac-Médoc, 1994 Tm
532. Miguel Torres, Conde de Superunda Curicó Valley Chile, 2000
A great birthday gift from Tina, that I used to Christen SJ awesome present of a spangly Riedel decanter. And a wholly-appropriate wine with …
421. Taylor, Vintage Port, 1966
What a cracking way to finish Tony’s stag party dinner at Greig’s Grill. It is such a shame that they served this in old-school …
420. Porto Barros, Vintage Port, 1985
So we closed-out the Optimor dining challenge with this, which, although a great year for Port, I figured would be fully mature (less good …
411. W. & J. Graham & Co, Malvedos Vintage Port, 1987
Wine of the night with my cousins. Relatively pale garnet core, with a ruby / tawny rim. Attractive nose – fairly intense soft red …
385. Vegaval Plata, Valdepeñas Gran Reserva, 1999
A gift from a part-colleague, from Valdepeñas (she is, as is the wine). Given to me as an intro to the wines of the …
Marqués de Riscal: Gehry hotel outshining solid Rioja and Rueda
Marqués de Riscal is a long-established, prominent bodega in the Rioja Alavesa village of Elciego, 20 minutes’ drive West of Logroño. At 5m bottles …
La Rioja Alta: benchmark classical Riojas especially top flight Gran Reservas
La Rioja Alta, established in Haro in 1890, is certainly one of the major players in high quality, traditionally-styled Rioja. In their top pair …
Marqués de Murrieta: Rioja aristocracy built around Castillo Ygay
There are many Rioja bodegas with the vaunted title Marqués in their name – Riscal, Cacéres, Concordia inter alia. In the UK, those of …
CVNE: Combining volume and classical quality
CVNE, the Compania Vinicola del Norte de España, is popularly known as Cune (‘koo-nay’) in Spain – so much so that they adopted Cune …
Contino: Château-style Rioja and Graciano pioneers
Contino were the first Rioja bodega to be set up in the mode of a Bordeaux château, with estate grapes from vineyards surrounding the …