Wines made from Mencia grapes - Page 10

In a year when travel was almost impossible, wine has been a fine companion. In terms of varieties I have been drinking a vinous A to Z: everything from Albillo (Cebreros) to Zibibbo (Pantelleria, Italy). Specifically I have been enjoying Cariñena from Priorat and Rioja, plus Garnachas – white, red and hairy – from Terra Alta, Rioja and Gredos, as well as Greek Xinomavro from Naoussa and Xarel.lo from Catalunya. Scroll down for Sarah Jane Evans MW’s top 10 wines of 2021 Not forgetting Menc ...

There has been buyer and trade enthusiasm for California’s 2018-vintage releases, yet there is still a sense of the region finding its way on the international fine wine market. Releases of top Cabernet Sauvignon and ‘Bordeaux blend’ wines from the 2018 vintage have added some spark to the California sector of the market this year. ‘We’re seeing much stronger demand for blue-chip 2018s than we did for the 2017s,’ said Ryan Woodhouse, domestic wine buyer for K&L Wine Merchants in the US. Scar ...

The deal will see small-production wines of the Charles Lachaux négoce business offered exclusively to Crurated members, the new partners announced. Bottles will still be distributed separately to restaurants in several markets, they added. Lachaux is considered an exciting talent in a younger generation of Burgundy winemakers. Alongside overseeing viticultural changes at his family’s Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in recent years, he launched his namesake micro-négoce business in 2018. From 25 July, th ...