Spain: Artadi 2021 Releases

This is my third annual report dedicated to the wines from the wineries that belong to Artadi—the 2018s in bottle and 2019 samples of the main wines....

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Spain: (Mostly) Priorat and Montsant – Mostly 2017s and 2018s

For this report, I tasted a majority of wines from 2017 and 2018 (nearly 80% of the notes included here), two very different, almost opposite vintages....

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Spain: Update on Wines from Ribera del Duero and Other Regions from the Duero

The Duero is one of the great wine rivers in Spain and Portugal, where it’s known as the Douro. In Spain, the best-known appellation is Ribera del Duero....

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Spain, Galicia: Is Ribeiro Finally Taking Off?

Ribeiro is like the crossroads of Galician viticulture. It’s where the coastal Atlantic climate meets the more Mediterranean climate from inland, with local grapes from each. Huge diversity....

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Spain, Galicia: Spotlight on Ribeira Sacra

Ribeira Sacra has one of the most amazing vineyard landscapes not only in Galicia or Spain but also in the world! It’s a really dramatic place—“heroic viticulture” is what they...

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