By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T07:21:49+00:00October 13th, 2020|Classic Vins, Spanish wines|
Eduardo Eguren : Cuentaviñas Unquestionnably, Eguren has become an important name in La RIOJA when it comes to wine! Eduardo's father is no other than Marcos Eguren, also recognized as one of the best wine-maker in Spain, producing top
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T07:10:56+00:00September 24th, 2020|Classic Vins, Wine Experience|
Odetti Bistro, Wine tasting evening. Last night, we had a lovely event at Odetti Bistro, in Escaldes-Engordany. The venue is great, cosy and spacious and the food as stunning. On the top of it, Jose Antonio Guillermo (the Owner)
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T08:57:19+00:00September 22nd, 2020|Classic Vins|
Juan Gil Monastrell : Best value? As wine merchant, we are always looking, searching, seeking wines that offer great value! for us and for our clients. Last week, Bertrand Ferré and I, were tasting blind randomly our most popular
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:00:15+00:00September 21st, 2020|Classic Vins|
French Wine Dinner, at Odetti Bistro This Wednesday, a French Wine Dinner will take place at Bistro Odetti, in Escaldes-Engordany! Jose Antonio Guillermo, the owner, run the place since last year with Anna (his wife) and Cathy (his sister)...
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:10:19+00:00July 6th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Hello! Food and wine pairing is one of the most thrilling activity after wine tasting! Summer is on, and its getting really hot out there! So our fridges are being packed with light, crisp white wines from France, Spain
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:14:35+00:00June 17th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Mencía : elegant and refined. It has its own notoriety and deserve it. Nowadays winemakers are focusing on elegant wines with less extraction, and less oak. Mencía ID High quality grapes, native from Spain and Portugal. Mencía produces fine
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:28:37+00:00June 4th, 2020|Classic Vins|
What a Word! Overused and misused. Why? Simply, it sells! But not solely, TERROIR, also, interests and fascinates many of us because it the inexplicable part (the magic one) of the wine that shape
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:08+00:00May 20th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Some mushrooms in my wine? We should not forget the definition of wine : “Wine is the fermented juice of the freshly gathered grape” Let’s talk about micro-organisms! The
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:08+00:00May 13th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Castell D’Encus(850m-1300m) DO Costers de Segre Pallars Jussa Raul Bobet is Co-owner of Castell d'Encus and Ferrer-Bobet (Priorat), a great oenologist (one of the greatest in Spain and Catalunia…), and a visionary... Established in 2001, Castell D’Encus is at
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:09+00:00May 4th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Rioja was the first wine region in Spain to obtain the DO in 1925, and also the first one to be granted Doca. With more than 61.000 Has of vines that strech from Labastida to Alfaro, Rioja offers a
