wine industry
Distribution & Experiences
blog posts
Search
Iván González Gaínza
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
Our Local Recommendations
We promised to recommend some curious bars and restaurants to visit on the island, where you can enjoy a delightful glass or bottle of wine.
15 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Aug 10, 2020
- 4 min
LoDivino / The Divine
LoDivino (translated as The Divine) is one of our favourite places to go. It is off the beaten track, unpretentious, original and fun.
9 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Discovering New Wines
How would you go about discovering a new wine and what would push you to choose a particular wine over thousands of others?
8 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Bodegas Albamar
Xurxo, short name for George in Galicia, is the frontman of this small winery located in the most north western point of Spain.
26 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
Against All Odds – A wine region that thrives
Talking about modern Spanish wines without mentioning the Priorat region would be strange, and possibly even an insult.
17 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Mar 3, 2020
- 3 min
7103 Petit Celler, Mallorca in a bottle
How often do you think you’ve come across a product that is truly authentic in its entirety?
52 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
An Interview with Carlos Rodríguez Furthmann - Selva Vins
If you are one of our regular readers I am sure that you will have noticed us recommending wines from Selva Vins.
23 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Dec 13, 2019
- 4 min
Harvesting at Bodega Son Juliana
A great deal of dedication is required when you need to set your alarm for 5:15 in the morning.
22 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Nov 5, 2019
- 3 min
Small is Beautiful
Think about the most popular wine you know. It probably comes from a winery with a recognised name that everybody has heard of.
21 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Oct 4, 2019
- 3 min
Unearthing Canarian Wines
Whilst continually searching for new wines, we have become increasingly fascinated by the smaller wine regions of Spain.
16 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Sep 2, 2019
- 3 min
A Wine Experience
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.
6 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Jul 4, 2019
- 3 min
Don't judge a rosé by its colour
A pale Spanish rosé, just for the fact that it is pale is not necessarily going to be better than any other rosé.
28 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Jun 3, 2019
- 3 min
La Batalla del Vino
There is one other festival that is worthy of inclusion in the long list of bonkers, juvenile, crazy and fun filled festivals....
10 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Apr 5, 2019
- 3 min
The old and the new
We are now hearing about wines that are “fermented in concrete tanks” or “aged in amphorae” or, my favourite “aged in the concrete egg”.
1 view0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
Jewels of Mallorca
For any visitor to the island it is becoming increasingly difficult to dig out the real jewels of the wine world scattered around Mallorca.
6 views0 comments
Iván González Gaínza
- Sep 1, 2018
- 4 min
The moment of truth
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.
9 views0 comments
{"items":["602bcef959ce1200179e7634","5fa437eb608ad90017eaa040","5f318986cab195001845d54b","5f317f676350ae00178fe884","5ee757f0f26a3b0017328d14","5ea6d743bf26470043657d22","5e5e82a80d439600170d7ad3","5e3a9deafced7e001891812d","5e203f7ecef8920017e72893","5df3851526d251001773cf5f","5dc167d9bb8b94001763085f","5d97190c86ca390017912fe4","5d6d18ac81d86c00181f94d1","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be05f","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be059","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be05a","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be058","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be05d","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be061","5d5bd46ccfbc2c00162be05e"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":2,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"value":"rgba(80,87,16,1)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}