Tag Archives: Mencia

Wine Blogging Wednesday 70: tempranillo blanco and other Spanish wonders

By Remy Charest | Published: February 16, 2011
I cheated a bit for this, the resurrection of Wine Blogging Wednesday, led by Catavino, on a request from WBW founder Lenn Thompson. As a relatively regular participant in WBW, and even host of a pretty successful edition, I’m happy to jump back in and rejoin this custom that was, for a while, honored more [...]
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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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