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What We’re Drinking – Senda Verde

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Senda Verde is a collection of wine from the northern coast of Spain. Senda Verde Treixadura 2015 Very pale yellow, almost clear. The nose shows white flowers and hints of lime. It opens on the palate, with generous pear and white peach flavors. Sweet Key lime zest gives a bright,

Cavas de Paratges attempts to upsell Cava

W. Blake Gray
Feature Stories
5 min read
Cava has a problem, a common one in the wine industry. Call it the trap of cheapness. The question is, with the new Cavas de Paratges category, introduced this summer, have the Catalans found the key to escape? But first, the trap. Big Cava producers sold the Spanish bubbly worldwide

Cariñena Campaign

Michelle Locke
Features
5 min read
Unusual winter rains turned the Cariñena vineyards in northeastern Spain into a technicolor swirl this spring, the variegated soils glowing red, yellow, orange under windswept skies. It was a moment of glory for a region which can get overlooked in the busy category of Spanish wine. After all, many consumers
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What We’re Drinking: Pazo Señorans Albariño 2016

Fabian Jauregui
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A standout among a recent tasting through ten bottles of '15 and '16 Albariño, this wine likely benefited from nonconformity, offering riper, rounder flavor in a sea of austerity. Those who relish Albariño's unrelenting acidic assault may in fact miss that here, though there's certainly no dearth of vibrancy. In

Barbecue Wines for the Fall

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Three very reasonably priced wines make for great pairings with cool weather Fall barbecues. Each of the wines offers slightly more depth and complexity than you might expect at this price range afer a few years of bottle age. 2013 Bodegas Aletta Garnacha, Campo de Borja DO Old vines grown