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Terminos que Confunden III - La Maduración

Confusing Terms III - Maturation

Phenolic Maturation: The Hidden Key to Wine I frequently receive questions about various aspects of wine and vineyards. Many of them inspire me to write these articles. Wine is an...

Wines from the Central Mountain Range

In the mountains of the Cordillera Central of Spain, in 1468, Queen Isabel was crowned Princess of Asturias and heir to the crown of Castile in the village of El...

Maridaje Según el Terruño: Vinos Españoles y la Riqueza Gastronómica Mexicana

Pairing According to the Terroir: Spanish Wines...

My job as an importer and distributor of Spanish wines is not just about selecting great wine. I look for wines with character, those that tell the story of their...

Los Cover Crops (Cultivos de Cobertura) y La Biodiversidad

Cover Crops and Biodiversity

Vineyards are living beings and, like any living thing, they require adequate nutrients on a constant basis. We, for example, need different vitamins, but taking them as a routine every...

The Cork Tree

Quercus Suber - The Cork In the last blog, we talked about oak and the shared history between wine and oak. Today, we'll continue with the topic of trees and wine,...

Oak

Like any plant, trees grow according to the fertility of the soil and the type of climate in which they grow. For example, a pine tree does not develop...

A Changing World

The word alcohol comes from the Arabic al-kuhl , a word used to name a powder used to paint eyelids kohl , a term that in those times was...

What is a good wine?

Many people ask me: "What's your favorite wine?" My answer: I don't really have one. I love all kinds of wine and each one has its own special moment. It's almost...

Términos que Confunden II - La Mineralidad

Blog XIV - Confusing Terms II - Minerality

Wine minerality. Strong https://news.wine.co.za Confusing Terms II - Minerality If you look up the definition of minerality in any dictionary, you won't find it. There's mineral, but you cannot find...

The Root of the Roots

The word "root" has an important meaning in any language. It may mean the root of a plant, or that we are talking about the place where we're from. The roots of our...

¿Qué Onda Con Los Viñedos Viejos y Vinos Viejos?

What's Up With Old Vineyards and Old Wines?

“We plant the vineyards for our children and olive trees for our grandchildren,” the saying goes. Planting a vineyard and having a winery is not an easy task. It is...

Ribeira Sacra

Even the Roman gods knew how special this place called Ribera Sacra is. According to legend, the god Jupiter fell so much in love with Galicia for its beauty that...

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Any industry usually has its terminology and wine is no different. My goal is to demystify this terminology and demystify the wine itself for you.