Tag: spanish wine

An Oriental adventure: Palacios Remondo’s renaissance

Since prodigal son Álvaro returned to the family business in 1999, Bodegas Palacios Remondo has been transformed. This Rioja estate, perched on the eastern edge of the region, crafts glorious site-driven wines, as Tatiana Humphreys discovered on a recent visit

Waiting for Godello

Rafael Palacios is a rare breed: a supreme Spanish winemaking talent whose heart lies with white, not red, grapes. Here, Sophie Thorpe talks to him about the moment he discovered Godello – and why he’s determined to get the grape the acclaim it deserves

On the pour: Mustiguillo’s Merseguera

To coincide with our month-long spotlight on Spain, our Enomatic machines at 63 Pall Mall will be loaded with Spanish wines throughout September. Here, in the second of our series highlighting our pick of the bottles available to taste in-store, Tatiana Humphreys introduces a rich and textured white from Valencia

Tracking Txakoli

As a new bottle from the Basque country lands on our list, Buyer Will Heslop recounts a trip to the region, combining a dose of Bilbao’s best pintxos with a short detour to Bodega Gorosti, the source of our first Txakoli We met at Gatwick at 6.30am. As my companions – my girlfriend Laurie and […]