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Aug 3, 20193 min read

Would you choose a wine purely based on the design of its wine label?

Wine label designs are an incredibly important marketing tool for catching your attention and enticing you to buy a particular bottle.

Jul 4, 20193 min read

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.

Jun 3, 20193 min read

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....

May 5, 20194 min read

Algaida: where few people realise good wine is produced...

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!!

Apr 5, 20193 min read

The old and the new - ageing wine

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

Jan 5, 20193 min read

'The wine of kings, and the king of wines' - Louis XIV

Sweet wine. Often unappreciated and considered the underdog of wines, relegated to the top shelf and rarely requested.

Dec 1, 20183 min read

Bubbling over with enthusiasm for sparkling wine...

When the festive season begins many people turn their attention toward drinking 'bubbles'.

Nov 3, 20183 min read

The reign in Spain falls mainly on Garnacha

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

Oct 3, 20183 min read

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.