Are you good at blind tasting? Win 30 000 euros!
Tasting contest in pairs in Barcelona Vila Viniteca import company organizes the 16th edition of the blind tasting contest in Barcelona on 3 March 2024. If you are good at blind tasting and you have a fellow taster, enter the contest and win as many as 30 000 euros! Worth for the wines Entry fee […]
Resurrected from the 17th century
STILL good:) (Though SparklingSpain is dedicated to sparkling wines, I write about still wines as well, especially if there is a connection.) Purity and richness – can these notions ever match? I am not a natural wine fan, what is more, the recent buzz around wines dubbed as “natural” or “low intervention” made me sceptical. […]
Pét Nat in can?
Yes, it is possible, what is more, it exists! Castelo Pedregosa has a whole range of canned wine products, and MI Pét-Nat is one of them. Handy, tasty and sustainable. I am a great supporter of canned products. I think my “conversion” took place at Bulk Wine Conference in 2019 in Amsterdam, when I participated […]
Josephine, the eccentric mademoiselle
Tasting Recaredo Intens Rosat in another way On my recent visit at Recoredo I discovered a new glass brand, the unique shaped Josephine. Recaredo team is always keen on using the best glasses, plus they pay immense attention to pair a wine with its most appropriate glass partner. Still wines – Can Credo project – […]
Catalan rosé sparklings tasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW
The renowned British rosé wine expert, Elizabeth Gabay Master of Wine tasted 18 rosé sparkling wines from Penedès wine region, Catalonia. The wines were collected and shipped by SparklingSpain.com. Read the full report and the reviews of the top rosé sparklings on Pink.wine. Though the title mentions Cava, the experts tasted Corpinnat and Conca del […]
Albet i Noya – saviours of the planet
Big words, aren’t they? However, the first organic estate in the whole of Spain sacrifices even the 70% of the crop in some vintages to remain organic. What is more, they seriously work on “Plan B”, research resistant grapes already with some promising results. And on top of all: they offer one of the most […]
Rioja sparkling – give it another chance!
By Ágnes Németh At ProWein on the first day I visited Rioja community stand, and since I am a bubble fun, I certainly started with the sparkling wines. I tasted some 12 samples, about one third I did not like at all. There were 2-3 I found okay with some merits. The rest were just […]
A delicious temptation to say yes to
Mas Candí Brut Nature Corpinnat 2019 First I tasted this sparkling wine, put down my notes, tasted again and again on the next day. Then I read Parker notes – tasting notes by Luis Gutiérrez wine expert on WineAdvocate.com, the influential American wine website founded by Robert Parker. Gutiérrez gave the wine 91 points out […]
2 in 1 = cava maker & chef
Solà Raventós and its cooking channel The little settlement near Barcelona, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia is undoubtedly the centre of the Spanish sparkling wine production with giants like Freixenet, with renowned houses like Gramona and besides the famous ones there are several more to discover. There are about 85 wineries in the tiny town of 12 […]
Budget sparkling tours for Christmas!
3 days / 2 nights for 290 euro / personFrom January to the end of June The price includes:– guided train transfer,– welcome tasting with food pairing with 4 sparkling wines,– 2 nights with breakfast in a 130 year old Catalan house (room is on separate floor from the host),– guided sightseeing tor with 3 […]
