Vino de Pago: When is a Pago not a Pago?
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Spain’s top-tier appellation of Vino de Pago and the private association Grandes Pagos de España both promote single-estate wines. There the similarity ends and the confusion begins. Mark O’Halleron reports.
Vino de Pago & Grandes Pagos de Espana estates
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Mark O’Halleron is a freelance wine and spirits writer based in Hove, United Kingdom. He joined Decanter in 2007 as tastings executive, organising panel tastings. He spent a year as awards tasing executive working on the Decanter World Wine Awards and Decanter Asia Wine Awards before leaving in 2015 to pursue a freelance career. He has a Level 4 Diploma from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.