Central Market Pasaporte España

Today I’m heading to Texas to take part in Central Market’s Pasaporte España, which started May 11th and runs until the 24th. Central Market is a gourmet grocery store chain that specializes in high-quality, hard-to-find gourmet foods. Most locations also have a full-service kitchen and offer cooking and wine classes in their culinary school, as [...]

California Dreaming

[click to enlarge] I’m back in Málaga today after a wonderful week in San Francisco and Los Angeles with Sara Floyd. Here are a few of my “memories”, or at least of the times I remembered to take a quick photo and post it on Twitter. I really must remember to take photos of the [...]

Stacole Fine Wines

I’m in Florida this week with Stacole Fine Wines visiting with various wine distributors, stores and, of course, some amazing restaurants. It’s been a great week so far, starting off with a seminar for the Capital Grille with George Miliotes and ABC Wines & Spirits, and it’s been non-stop ever since. Follow my tweets for [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bodegas Ordoñez at Cambridge University

I first met Gareth Powell, the President of the Cambridge University Wine Society, last year at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter in London. In fact, almost exactly a year ago as I’ll be attending the next Decanter event this coming weekend. Well, Gareth tasted the Ordoñez wines and invited me to present my wines at [...]

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter

This week Cambridge – next week London. Decanter is an upmarket magazine on wine and spirits, published in over 90 countries on a monthly basis. The magazine content includes news from the industry, vintage guides and wine recommendations. Its main wine event is the annual Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, which includes Master Classes and a [...]

Guia Peñin Best Spanish Wines 2011

This Tuesday I’ll be attending the a very special Peñin Group wine event in Madrid. This event offers a unique opportunity for media, industry professionals and wine lovers to try the best wines of the year according to the prestigious Guia Peñin. There will be more than 150 wines from 92 wineries, all of which [...]