Buscador 2017 : A must try!
Buscador 2017 La Rioja DOca Finca de la Rica has been founded recently, the company has not yet celebrated the decade! Nonetheless they own some old vines in the north western part of La Rioja : Labastida. One of
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-03T14:01:10+00:00August 10th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Buscador 2017 La Rioja DOca Finca de la Rica has been founded recently, the company has not yet celebrated the decade! Nonetheless they own some old vines in the north western part of La Rioja : Labastida. One of
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-03T14:01:10+00:00August 9th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Building up a cellar. The art of aging wines Building up a cellar is not an easy task, first of all you must have a decent place that fulfill the following requirements : The right temperature and stable. (12ºC
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-13T16:06:41+00:00August 6th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Valderiz 2018 A new benchmark wine in Ribera del Duero? Ribera del Duero has already many star wines that shine all over the place, unfortunately many of them are now terribly expensive too! Great names are now fetching high
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-03T14:01:10+00:00June 15th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Sierra Cantabria Primeurs 2020 Rioja and Toro Buying "en primeurs" is always a good thing! It is a tremendous way to source some of your favorite wines, at the best best price. In some cases with Sierra Cantabria's wines,
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-13T16:33:09+00:00May 18th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Virtual tasting with Lopez Cristobal Quite amazing how the wine industry is evolving nowadays, now we are having special and exclusive wine tasting with connoisseurs from all around the globe without leaving our cozy home! A complete new way
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-13T16:10:44+00:00April 27th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Old Wines : Rioja and Bordeaux Recently, we purchased a pristine cellar from a private client. First of all and most importantly, we were highly impressed by the superb quality of the wines. most of them were bought young
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:24:50+00:00April 13th, 2021|Classic Vins, Spanish wines|
Raul Perez Born in 1972, in the heart of Bierzo, from a family that has been working their own vineyards for centuries. At first, Raul was planning to be a doctor. Instead he is curing our souls with his
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-13T16:20:18+00:00March 15th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Food and wine matching : Oysters Oysters, especially raw, are usually consumed simply with a dash of lemon. Some villages have gained gastronomic fame for the quality of their oysters and Cambados in Galicia is one of them. Obviously,
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-03T14:01:10+00:00March 8th, 2021|Classic Vins|
New references and new vintages! Bertrand and I, have been truly busy lately! It is not an easy job, is it? We had to sample wines from different places, styles and grape varieties. Most of the time, we tried
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-03T14:01:10+00:00March 4th, 2021|Classic Vins|
Domaine de La Rectorie Banyuls/Collioure Domaine de La Rectorie is a well-known producer from the Roussillon, that produces some beautiful and intense mediterranean wines. So far, the most popular one would be "Les Abeilles" a Grenache based wine,