Coming soon, we are launching a monthly wine club for enthusiasts of Spanish wine.  We will have a couple of price levels to appeal to both those new to Spanish wine and to seasoned enthusiasts.  Reds, whites, cava, and sherry.  I have more than 7 years experience with Spanish wine, from living in Spain and working briefly on wine exports, to being a sole-prietor wine importer of Spanish wine, where I sourced my own producers, to retailing wine locally on a limited basis, working with all distributors and importers of Spanish wine in our state.  I speak Spanish pretty fluently, which hel........read more

Some things I have been thinking about regarding Spanish Wines lately are authenticity, complexity, and value.  I just attended some Burgundy tastings.  French Wines have become SO expensive.  It seems they have all doubled in price from 7 years ago or so.  Good Spanish Wines have increased in cost due to USD-Euro exchange rates and the increased demand for Spanish Wines; however, Spanish Wines are still a HUGE value versus so many other "old world" wines.  You already know that though. What stands out?  Ribera del Duero - delicious reds, no rush to drink, unlike some tight French Wi........read more

Summer is here, and people are drinking white wine. I seem to drink white in any season, but that may be uncommon. Most people think of Red Spanish Wines, although various regions in Spain produce phenominal white wines. I often think of Spanish white wines as perfect for summer, because the cuisine of Spain is similar to what we tend to cook or think of in Summer: grilled meats, fish, shelfish; salads, marinated vegetables; breads; omellettes, etc. What are some Spanish white wines and/or regions? It is really a toss up on a couple of fronts. Cava is the white wine of Spain in many r........read more

Spain has had a unique position in the wine world, mainly being a "sleeping giant", one who has had a vast and rich fabric of grape varieties, cultivated land, history, and unique style, all the while embracing modernity at an impressive clip. Spain is the cross-roads of many wine debates over what is "new world" or "modern" and what is "old world" and "classical". Spain seems to meld these and make it more difficult for our modern wine press and wine critiques to put these terms into relevant use; however they do so deftly. What we find in Spanish Wine might best be described in the words ........read more