Tag: wine
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More Than One Glass of Wine a Day
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By AJ Linn Today we are awash with advice about health and how to maintain a satisfactory balance between what we think is not really good for us and what definitely is not. We try to avoid the diet pundits – whether it’s the radio, TV, printed media or…
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WINE NOTES
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SISSECK THE WINEMAKER If the name Peter Sisseck does not ring a bell, then no wine lover cannot have heard of Pingus, one of Spain’s premium wines in quality and price. Sisseck is from Denmark, a country where the only wines grown are those using the same grapes as…
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Montilla and All It Stands For
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Road traffic between the Coast and Córdoba is quite heavy, but pretty much non-stop, and without the benefit of statistics it is probably accurate to assume that Montilla is not a feature. Quite a shame really, particularly if the traveller is interested in Andalucian wines, mainly sherry, as Montilla (and…
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UNCORKING A SPECIAL EVENING OF FINE CHAMPAGNE AND CAVIAR
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This summer the exclusive Owners Club at Puente Romano hosted the launch of VIP Wine Services, a specialist fine wine and Champagne supplier founded by wine lover and expert connoisseur Alex Little. In the elegant surroundings of the five-star resort, guests listened to a brief introduction before enjoying a delightful summer evening tasting exclusive and…
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Commitment to Cádiz
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If you have spent any time with winemakers, whether socially or commercially, you will have to admit they are different from other people. What occupies their waking hours, and probably dreaming hours as well, is the passionate desire to make a better wine than anyone else. Of course we can rule out the…
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HOME & LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE MAY/JUNE 2018 ONLINE EDITION
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Read the May/June 2018 Edition of Home & Lifestyle Magazine online here! Here is the May/June 2018 edition of Home & Lifestyle Magazine! Just click on the front cover below to view it online! Home & Lifestyle Magazine is an English publication based in Marbella, Spain. It is distributed free of charge…
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New Region, New Wines, New Labels
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As any golfer on the Costa del Sol will know, the growth of the game locally was, unsurprisingly, in parallel with the building of courses. What has always been referred to as the first generation includes Las Brisas, Aloha, Guadalmina, Río Real, Sotogrande and Atalaya. All were constructed on easy-to-work,…
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It’s All About Grapes
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Anyone going into the wine business over the last 20 years could be classified as either crazy or knowing something nobody else knew. With consumption dropping like a stone in practically all wine-producing countries, and regulation becoming stricter when it should be getting easier, can the profits from selling wine…
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Ronda is on a Roll
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When Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe made it known that he was heading up to the Sierra de Ronda to make wine, all of us in Marbella thought he had lost his marbles. In spite of being recognised as a versatile businessman who had turned his hand, admittedly with mixed results,…
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Denomination Upheaval In Rioja Region
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Any lover of Spanish wine who has not been living in a cave for the last year will know that extraordinary things are happening in the Rioja region. It is all about the way a wine bottle’s back label is not permitted to specify the exact area of the region…
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Spanish Wines and the Chinese Connection
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By AJ Linn All Spanish wine regions have almost routinely been through the same development phases over the past 50 years. In the beginning local farmers made wine for their own consumption, and then neighbours asked if they could buy some so they would also be able to enjoy it.…
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Achieving A Delicious Balance at El Banco
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Located in the charming Aloha Pueblo area, El Banco Restaurant & Bar was opened two years ago by vivacious restaurateur Laura De Luca. She and her husband had been running the successful La Red beach restaurant in Marbella but Laura felt it was time to open something for herself, so…
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A Taste of Torres
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Wine Notes A Taste of Torres By AJ Linn Anyone with more than a passing interest in wine will be familiar with what is known as The Judgement of Paris. This blind tasting, organised in 1976 by an English negociánt, involved French experts comparing a selection of Californian wines with…
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Keeping It In The Family
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Most people think the wine trade is a fun thing to be involved in and, while having to admit it is probably less boring than many businesses, the novelty can soon wear off. Neal Martin’s tweets regularly feature photographs of the wines he has to taste on any given day,…
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A Sumptuous Marriage of Tapas and Wine
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One of the summer highlights of Spain’s wine tourism industry, this year’s Somontano Festival offered revellers a mix of music, theatre, magic, tapas and tastings. More than 72,000 tapas and the same number of wines were served at the star of the show, the Gastronomic Exhibition, during four days of…
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Cooking Critically
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When a friend publishes a book, how do you answer the author’s question, “What did you think of it?” – usually asked before you have got round to reading it. Fortunately no collateral damage to a friendship was caused when Fernando Sánchez-Gómez launched his landmark book, “Cooking Critically”. The original…
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Toro is for Wine
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Written by Ana Gil Peña There are 65 official wine regions in Spain, but most people probably drink wine from only two or three. Not every wine store has a good selection of anything but Rioja and Ribera del Duero, even though there are many rising stars such as Ronda…