Tempranillo

#NWTW Week 26: The Verdict On Spanish Rosé


I’m still struggling to say “Spanish Rosé”.  It’s kind of like saying “british sausages”, and my experiences of the three rosés I drank this weekend were as far different as cumberland and black pudding.  Having said that, compared to the sad continental crap you get at holiday breakfast buffets (still on sausages here sorry), they …

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#NWTW Week 6: An Intro Into Touriga Nacional

Portuguese grape varieties can be really confusing, and in all fairness, I wouldn’t even begin to suggest you look to know them all. One of the biggest the problems is that the names tend to be interchangeable.  Tempranillo in Spain (and in pretty much everywhere else in the world) is known as Tinta Roriz in …

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Notes on Northern Spain #3: One For The Heavy Red Drinkers

I love drinking Port. I first starting drinking it at the last hockey match before christmas, in the in-goal half time team talk. To be fair, that was probably the old supermarket’s value own brand, but luckily over the years I’ve managed to try lots of different examples, and I’ve really loved them. If you’ve …

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