Tag Archives: Alvaro Palacios

Tasting Note: Petalos 2007, Bierzo, Descendientes de J. Palacios

By Remy Charest | Published: January 5, 2010
I was going to blog about something else (98 Bordeaux, to be exact), but this wine is just too good. I already raved about the 2006 vintage, and the 2007 is just as good, if not better. I’ve now tasted several vintages of Petalos, Alvaro Palacios’ “regular” Bierzo (Corullon being the higher-end label for Palacios in [...]
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WineCreator: A Roundup on Ronda

By winecase | Published: May 7, 2008
I finally found a minute to check back for reports on WineCreator, the ambitiously-named meeting of wine pundits and renowned winemakers that was held in Ronda, in Andalusia, a couple of weeks ago. Last weekend, Jancis Robinson published, as promised, an overview of the conference, where she revealed an intriguing side of the whole operation. Apparently, [...]
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Meeting of the Creators

By winecase | Published: February 26, 2008
Talk about a modest proposal. One of Spain’s top wine writers and a pioneer of the Priorat region, reflecting on the apparent convergence of taste that is gripping the wine industry, decided to discuss the trend with a group of the world’s top winemakers and a group of the world’s top wine writers for a two-day [...]
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