Yes, you read that correctly! Over the many years of giving winetastings we have been asked countless times ‘Is supermarket wine any good?’ or ‘how do I choose wine in the supermarket?’. So we thought, we should talk about that, as it’s a huge part of the wine industry. To dive deeper Roque has brought a supermarket wine to put Luke to the test!
How old can wine be? Should we be buying wine and waiting? What makes a wine worthy of ageing? All these burning questions will be answered as Roque and Luke sampling wines from the 1960s! Yes, that’s right, booze that has been sleeping for almost sixty years! Thanks to Toro Albala and their creations from…
Ah yes, terroir, that most mysterious of words. So vague, so pretentious, so winey, so French. But, credit where credit is due, it is a great concept, an important concept and a useful way to think about wine. This week we talk about the idea of terroir by trying a new project from a winemaker…
On today’s podcast Roque and Luke head to Catalonia and take a bottle of one of Spain’s most highly-prized wine regions: Priorat. La Garnatxa Fosca, part of the Proyecto de Garnachas por España from Vintae wineries. They talk about stupid things and they talk about geeky things. But most of all, they talk about wine….
This week Roque and Luke head to Spain’s smallest DO; Monterrei, found nestled in the hot depths of Galicia on the border with Portugal. They enjoy a bottle of Terras do Cigarrón which is part of the Martín Codax family. They also chat ideal dinner guests as well as how to pair wine with junk…
We have to hand it to Roque and Luke; their sleuthing abilities are second to none. They’ve managed to locate another Vino de Pago – Dehesa del Carrizal – hiding out in the depths of the Toledo hills. They have a range of wines, but the boys have selected one of their favourite, and most-underrated…
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