The CRDO del Cava (Cava Regulatory Board) has announced the launch of a new premium category for Spanish sparkling wines that is designed to create distance between low and high quality Cavas.
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Members club the Wine Society is seeing strong demand for Spanish wines thanks to a revolution in winemaking pushed by a new generation of vine aficionados.
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Armit Wines' La Rioja Alta is known for its 890 and 904 wines - key years in the founding of the original winery. Harpers.co.uk caught up with the winery's fifth-generation president to find out what the Rioja label means to his business.
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As one of the primary regions in the world's third largest wine producing country, the Rioja label carries a huge amount of weight in the on and off-trade worldwide - and especially in the UK, where its easy-to-drink reputation has made it a stalwart on British supermarkets shelves.
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Tim Atkin takes a look at Spanish terrior and where Spanish wines fit in the hieracrchy for supermacy as a top wine producing country.
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La Rioja Alta, S.A., has been making wine since it was founded by five families back in 1890. We chatted to Julio Sáenz, winemaker at the premium vineyard since 1996 and technical director since 2005, about how their wines and the winemaking have evolved.
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Can Ribera Del Duero can realistically lure consumers in a Rioja-obsessed climate in the UK?
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As a wine journalist, I have been told I can expect to see hundreds of barrel rooms and vineyards in the course of my new career.
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In the space of just over 15 years, privately funded associations have become a defining feature of the global wine industry. In Europe, they arguably represent a manifestation of the growing dissatisfaction with the inadequacies of regional appellation bodies, which has subsequently encouraged winemakers to take matters into their own hands.
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With the terroir debate raging in Spain, the tasting and master classes in London last week by the association Grandes Pagos de España (GPE) could hardly have come at a better time.
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Really, Rioja can do no wrong. For many consumers it is Spanish wine. But what lies ahead for Spain's most famous wine region?
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New wine regions and areas with renewed vigour continue to emerge on to the world stage. Has there ever been a better time to drink wine?
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Makers & Co., a new range of lightly sparkling 4% alcohol drinks, is taking centre at the Off-Piste stand at this year's London Wine Fair.
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Italy, France and Spain continue to dominate in terms of production, but who is drinking the most wine?
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In recent weeks, much emphasis has been placed on the short-term benefits of global warming.
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President of the governing body for Sherry, Beltran Domecq is fighting to make the category hip again.
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Bodegas Beronia has launched a website for its Beronia Txoko Club - after sales of the brand doubled in the UK thanks to its customer-engagement initiative.
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Sherry is no longer purely a "London phenomenon" - and merchants across the UK should take advantage of its growing popularity.
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Boutinot has unveiled two new additions to its Spanish portfolio.
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The D.O.Ca. Rioja Control Board has given the 2015 vintage an official Very Good rating.
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