Tension will be running high today when creditors of collapsed wine agency, D&D Wines International, meet the administrator in the hope of clawing back some of the £10.5m that is said to be owed to them.
Read more...Suppliers to the collapsed D&D Wines International could lose millions of pounds unless administrators can salvage cash from the stricken company.
Read more...Miguel Torres Maczassek will take over from his father as general manager of Bodegas Torres in September.
Educating consumers towards premiumisation is the focus of this year's Wines from Rioja marketing campaign.
Read more...Wines from Spain is cashing in on the "buzz" around Spanish food and culture with a new set of consumer-focused wine awards.
Read more...Vino Ignobile?
Read more...A new restaurant inspired by the gastronomy of the Basque region is opening in London.
Read more...Bodegas Riojanas has appointed Lancashire-based EWGA as its agent for the UK.
Read more...D&D Wines International has gone into adminstration.
Read more...Ehrmanns is aiming to hit the £20 million mark in sales revenue by the end of its financial year, up from £17 million last year.
Read more...Melissa Draycott of Gonzalez Byass and London restaurateur Abel Lusa have become this year's two new Caballeros.
Read more...Tempranillo can become as synonymous with Spain among wine drinkers as Sauvignon Blanc has with New Zealand, according to Pernod Ricard UK's wine chief.
Read more...Clink Wines is launching six new Spanish wine partners as well as a range of lighter style and sparkling wines from Vinigalicia.
Read more...The 23rd Annual Wines from Spain Trade Fair will take place on March 1, in Old Billingsgate.
Read more...Moreno Wines is to become distributor for Riojan brand, Marqués de Cáceres in England.
Read more...The 'Gran Orden de Caballeros" has created a special bursary for exceptionally promising Advanced Certificate WSET students.
Read more...Free Run Wines is launching a new range of white wines from Spain's Rueda region, in conjunction with Felix Solis Avantis.
Blog: James Lawrence tours Penedes and Rioja
For most British wine drinkers Spanish wine broadly equates to Rioja - maybe also Navarra and Cava - despite this large country having regions that produce much better wines. For my palate, though there are honorable exceptions, Rioja has become one of the more boring wine regions; production is dominated by large producers making bland "modern" Riojas without those special characteristics that once made Rioja different. Given that Spanish wine - and Rioja - is dominated by one grape, tempranillo, the result not surprisingly is that wines can taste remarkably consistent - and not necessarily in a good way.
