Tasting The 2021 Mas Martinet “Bru” Priorat, Spain with Roger Valls Jové
The other month, we sat down at Loop Line Wine & Food with Roger Valls Jové to taste the...
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The Wines of Mas Doix
Rogers & Company introduce the wines of Mas Doix, Priorat. On a trip to Priorat in 2017, we...
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On the Spanish Wine Trail: An Introduction to Priorat
Three wine lovers, one Peugeot. Hitting the back roads of Spain. Contrary to popular belief, the...
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Camins del Priorat
The 2011 Camins del Priorat ($22.95 – LCBO# 216291) is one of the entry level wines made in...
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Innovadors del Priorat
A post on innovative winemakers in Priorat is admittedly, a bit of conceit, since pretty much all...
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Bars of Barcelona
What’s not to like about Barcelona? No gaire, if you are a committed foodist and flanneur....
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Les Figueres
Before I traveled to Catalonia in May to attend Espai Priorat, the organizers of the wine show...
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Priorat Essencial
Josep Roca is a sommelier who, with his older brother, Joan (a chef), and his younger brother,...
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Alvaro Palacios: An Iconic Spanish Wine Producer
Alvaro Palacios has become one of Spain’s legendary winemakers in just over 20 years. His father Jose Palacios Remondo was a pre-eminent Rioja winemaker at the family’s Palacios Remondo winery. He sent Alvaro, the seventh of his nine children, to study winemaking in France at famed Chateau Petrus on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux region and in California at Stag’s Leap in Napa Valley. His hope was that Alvaro would succeed him at their Rioja winery. Instead, Alvaro struck out in 1989 at the age of 25 to find a way to emulate Chateau Petrus wines in Spain, creating a rift between them for almost a decade.
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Priorat Pioneer Christopher Cannan
Wine exporter Christopher Cannan discovered the new wave of winemakers in Priorat in the 1980s. By the 90s he had bought property and founded Clos Figueras.
Read MoreJamie Drummond on Good Food and Wine: Episode 5 – Alvaro Palacios
A couple of weeks ago acclaimed Spanish Winemaker Alvaro Palacios was in Toronto to present his wines at an intimate tasting at Toronto’s Spoke Club. Alvaro and I sat down to discuss his wines and ended up chatting for...
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