Talking about modern Spanish wines without mentioning the Priorat region would be strange, and possibly even an insult.

How often do you think you’ve come across a product that is truly authentic in its entirety?

Iván González Gaínza, nació en Tenerife en el 1978, pero en el 2001 se fue de las Canarias para trabajar fuera del país.

If you are one of our regular readers I am sure that you will have noticed us recommending wines from Selva Vins.

A great deal of dedication is required when you need to set your alarm for 5:15 in the morning.

Think about the most popular wine you know. It probably comes from a winery with a recognised name that everybody has heard of.

Whilst continually searching for new wines, we have become increasingly fascinated by the smaller wine regions of Spain.

There are so many other things to do when you travel overseas that it seems a waste of time to simply lie on a sunbed by the pool every day.

A pale Spanish rosé, just for the fact that it is pale is not necessarily going to be better than any other rosé.

There is one other festival that is worthy of inclusion in the long list of bonkers, juvenile, crazy and fun filled festivals....

If you are visiting Mallorca for the first time it may come as a surprise to you that wine is produced on the island. Good wine too!!

We are now hearing about wines that are “fermented in concrete tanks” or “aged in amphorae” or, my favourite “aged in the concrete egg”.

In Spain there is one grape variety that reigns above all others, garnacha (also known as grenache). Spain is garnacha!!

For any visitor to the island it is becoming increasingly difficult to dig out the real jewels of the wine world scattered around Mallorca.

There is a time of the year in every vineyard when a great deal of effort, knowledge, skill and physical work comes into play, harvest time.

A great part of our job, maybe the best part, is going out into the fields and taking a look at the vineyards.