by Gareth Groves
I am no expert when it comes to eating and drinking in Barcelona. In fact, I’ve only spent about five days there. So this is not an exhaustive, all-inclusive guide to one of Europe’s greatest cities. Instead, it is a short list of places I enjoyed eating and drinking at when I was there in June. Please feel free to add your own top …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
Wine moving out
At last! On Friday 28th May, our pallet of wine (Vinos Ambiz, Young White 2009, 100% Airén, Unfiltered) began its journey to the USA.
It took me two-and-a-half months to do it, counting from the day that importer Jose Pastor came to visit the vineyard and winery and taste the wines (on 11th March).
This …
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Bottles being labelled
On Tuesday 25th May, I spent all day sticking labels onto bottles, exactly 804 labels (for the record), ie 402 front-labels and 402 back-labels. It’s our very first ever shipment abroad! Vinos Ambiz Young White, 100% Airen (not filtered, not clarified).
The following photos are a bit dark, because I …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
Yours truly at the bottle-washing station
Yes, (as per my bio on LinkedIn), yesterday I dutifully washed, sterilized, rinsed, filled with wine, and corked no …
By CastroMartin, http://castromartin.blogspot.com/
Albariño - gives you wings!
The other day we made an experimental bottling, for the first time using a new, slightly lighter bottle. Believe it or not, this was as the result of a number of requests from customers wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. Of course the idea is that (depending on the configuration) a …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
Happy days @VinosAmbiz
I’ve been meaning to post this post for months, but one thing after another kept cropping up and I just couldn’t find the time to write it up.
These ‘things’ included a number of wine tastings/events (which I’ve posted on below), and I’ve also been busy organizing our first ever shipment of wine to the …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
The tasting table
This time I ‘only’ drove 140 km for a glass of wine. This time to Aranda de Duero, the main town in the DO Ribera de Duero wine region.
This was the second stop on the Catavino.es On Tour series of tastings planned for all over Spain. It was held in a nice place called …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
At the fair
Next morning I slept in ‘late’, ie till 9 o’clock and was totally refreshed. I’m usually up by 7 every morning so it was lovely. We had a nice leisurely breakfast, went out to walk the dog, had a coffee on a pavement café next …
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Panoramic view of Puebla de la Sierra
Saturday, up early again for a two-hour drive up the mountains behind Madrid to La Puebla de la Sierra, for a combination of talks/conferences by organic producers from Madrid Region (including wine, …
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