Posts tagged raventos i blanc
What I'm Excited About This Week: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!
What I'm Excited About This Week: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I'm sure I've said this before, but I really enjoy a tasting that feels more like a multi-course dinner than just a straightforward tasting. Our Buyer Rachael Ryan really puts together a nice tasting that has this kind of complete feel. We started off last week’s Spanish and Portuguese tasting with the super classic and super delicious Mas Codina Cava Brut Reserva Penedès $13.99, one of my favorite bottles of bubbles when I don’t want to spend the money for Champagne. It’s still made in the traditional Méthode Champenoise and is a delicious clean and crisp style of sparkling wine. It's fantastic.

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SpainAaron HughesK&L Wine Merchantsklwines, spanish wine, aaron hughes, spain, sherry, portuguese wines, madeira, tawny port, mas codina, cava, raventos i blanc, avinyo petillant, penedes, conca del riu anoia, 2024 mendes & symington, vinho verde, soalheiro, alvarinho, jose pariente, vinos del viento, rueda, moscatel, sandeman, rare wine company, historic series madeira, cesar florido
Spanish Wines from the Catalan Coast
Spanish Wines from the Catalan Coast

Priorat, like so many classic regions in Spain and beyond, is having a renaissance. Though once known for rich, extracted wines with big points to match, many new winemakers on the scene are harvesting earlier and fermenting the wines more gently, avoiding any harsh over-extraction of tannins.

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Spain, Wine NewsletterRachael RyanK&L Wine Merchantsklwines, raventos i blanc, priorat, rachael ryan, spanish wines, catalonia, cantalan, catalonian wine, spain, cava, corpinat, terroir al limit terroir historic, alvaro palacios, clos mogador, gratallops, familia nin-ortiz, mas d'en gil, vinicola de nulles adernats, recaredo, corpinnat, conca del riu anoia, can descregut, brut nature, sparkling wine, spanish sparkling wine, mas candi, penedes
Spanish Sparkling Wine Picks by Our SF Bubbly Expert
Spanish Sparkling Wine Picks by Our SF Bubbly Expert

There are several great things about the sparkling wines of Spain. My very favorite is the ratio of quality to value. You can get some excellent wines of superior quality for under $40. I had the opportunity, care of K&L Spanish & Portuguese Wine Buyer Kirk Walker, to taste quite a few of these on Valentine’s Day eve. I am familiar with some of them while others are brand new to me.

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Spain, Wine NewsletterScott BeckerleyK&L Wine Merchantsklwines, spanish wine, cava, spanish sparkling wine, scott beckerley, sparkling wine, spain, spanish wine review, spanish wine guide, corpinat, raventos i blanc, biodynamic wine, organic wine