Vináliti

Last night I attended a special wine tasting at the Vináliti Club de Vinos in Málaga. Vináliti Escuela de Cata, Vinos e Itinerarios Enológicos is a tasting school that was created in late 2004 in response to the demand for quality wines and offers both training and tourism. You can learn about winemaking and take [...]

Wines from Spain 2011

If you are attending the Wines From Spain 2011 trade show in London today, be sure to stop by stand 12 where C&D Wines will be pouring Botani 2010, Selección Especial nº1 and Victoria nº2. Would love to hear your feedback!

15th Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival

Yesterday I arrived in Germany for the 15th Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival, which is being held at the Kloster Eberbach in the Rhein region. The festival started on February 24th and runs until March 9th. There was a special programme today featuring 30 Spanish bodegas and 30 German wineries. It was a great atmosphere! [...]

Andalucía Day at Binomio

Lunch at Binomio in Sevilla [click on image to enlarge] This past Monday was Andalucía Day and, as I spent the long weekend in Sevilla and Ronda, it was fitting that we had a special lunch on Monday that was made entirely of products and wines from Andalucía. At the suggestion of Shawn from Sevilla [...]

Eugenio Chicano

Last week I attended the opening of the Visitación al Bodegón Clásico exhibit celebrating the 75th anniversary of Vélez-Málaga artist Eugenio Chicano.  Born in Málaga on Christmas Eve in 1935, Eugenio Chicano is a painter and engraver with a very direct and simple style, characterised by the use of large patches of flat colour and [...]

The E-Team

Gerhard Kracher, Alistair Gardner, Victoria Ordoñez, Jorge Ordoñez It’s hard to believe that a month has already passed since we had this photo taken. It was December 17th and all the members of our creative E-team (equipo enológico) met at the bodega for the all-important coupage, or blending, of Botani. We sampled each barrel one [...]

Felices Fiestas!

I’m looking forward to a quiet Christmas at home with my family and then – I hope! – a quick trip to London before coming back to Málaga for the New Year. Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season, wherever you are. See you in 2011!

WOW

Jan Yaxtheimer, Donna Van Noy, Detra Walker, Kathy Blount & Elaine Dawson Our wine club is called Women of Wine or WOW. We get together once a month and try wines and discuss stocks. With the way the stock market falls so frequently in the last few years, the wine is often the focus of [...]

Botani in Sevilla

In the past week the intrepid Sevilla Tapas has discovered three places in Sevilla now serving Botani by the glass. This is very good news for me because, although there are many places that serve Botani by the bottle, being able to try a glass means that more people get a chance to sample it. [...]

Copea Andalucía

Last Monday (November 8th) I was in Seville to take part in the first Copea Andalucía, a special wine tasting event that was organised and hosted by Federico Flores. Twelve wineries from Andalucía were presenting their wines and it was great to get to meet people from some of the best tapas bars and restaurants in [...]