The wine region of Arribes is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marqués de la Concordia or the Domaine Hacienda Zorita Natural Reserve produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Arribes are Tempranillo, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Arribes often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earthy or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, rhubarb or non oak.
In the mouth of Arribes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 18 estates and châteaux in the of Arribes, producing 47 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Arribes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.
When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...
Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...
Amanda Barnes has been awarded the John Avery Award for her The South America Wine Guide book, which was described as ‘heralding a new era’ in wine travel books. The book, which is the result of a decade of research conducted by Barnes while travelling the continent, details the wine regions, wines and producers of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It highlights over 70 wine regions and maps out 40 in detail — many of which have never before been mapped or documented in the En ...
