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The pioneer spirit of Carlos Falco
The man responsible for driving the Vino de la Tierra classification is one of the Spanish wine scene's most colourful characters as JOHN RADFORD discovers
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Spain a red decade: Rioja tasting
The 75th anniversary of La Rioja's Consejo Regulador provided ample excuse for a tasting. JOHN RADFORD samples the 1999 and some of the region's older and greater vintages
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Spanish wine Armada: Rioja
Once the name Rioja was synonymous with Spanish wine. These days, says JOHN RADFORD, the region is having to innovate to maintain its lead
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An enthusiasm
Prominent Catalans are pressing for a blanket regional appellation, to reap the best of all zones, while the subregions continue to strengthen their reputations. John Radford reports
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Root revival
JOHN RADFORD looks at a region which has, on the brink of the 21st century, virtually reinvented itself within the last two decades
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Spanish Winemaking Top 20 Climbers
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SPANISH WINES
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The New Spanish Winemakers
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Red Rioja under £10
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Chardonnay and Sauvignon allowed in Rioja
Rioja winemakers can now use Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Verdejo in their white wines, the region’s wine body has decreed.
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Faustino releases Rioja Chardonnay
Rioja bodega Faustino is the first large-scale producer to make a white Rioja using Chardonnay in the blend alongside Viura.
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Red Rioja over £10
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Grand Cru style vineyards in Spain
Pago - not the capital of an exotic south-Pacific island, but a new category of ‘grand cru’ single-vineyard estates in Spain. Many are called but few are chosen, as JOHN RADFORD explains
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In Focus: Rioja
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Sherry: Domecq, Valdivia, Perez Marin sales
While sherry country is grubbing up surplus vineyards, there have been a number of sales and mergers in the marketplace over the last twelve months.
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Red Southern Spain over £10
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Sweet Spain over £10
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White Northern Spain over £10
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White Northern Spain under £10
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Red Northern Spain Over £10
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Marques de Olivara files for bankruptcy
Toro winery Marques de Olivara, part of the Nueva Rumasa group, has filed for bankruptcy.
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Nueva Rumasa sold to ‘vulture fund’
The financially-troubled Spanish food and drink group Nueva Rumasa has been sold for a reported €1.5bn.
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‘Exotic and ancient’ sherries from new web retailer
A new internet retailer with one of the most comprehensive sherry lists on the web has just opened.
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Fires in Emporda kill four
Four people have been killed and 14,000ha of forest destroyed in two fires in the Pyrenean region of Emporda on the Spanish-French border.
