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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
The Depth and Diversity of Spanish Wine
The Depth and Diversity of Spanish Wine

In this week’s newsletter, our Iberian Buyer Kirk Walker wants to encourage you to consider the “B-sides” to Spanish greatest hit wines; let’s talk focused, high-acid Alvarinho from neighboring Portugal; let’s talk Monastrell that thrives in the chalky soils of Spain’s southeastern Murcia region; and let’s talk texturally-aromatic beauties made from Garnacha Blanca in Catalonia. There’s such a wealth of wonderful wines from the Iberian Peninsula that we have a feeling you’ll be playing many of these on repeat.

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Wine NewsletterKate SotoK&L Wine Merchantsklwines, k&l wine merchants, spanish wine, kirk walker, portuguese wine, rioja, rueda, monestrell