This week bubbles! So you know Roque is happy. And not just any bubbles. It’s not Cava, it’s not CORPINNAT, it’s not even from the peninsula! A sparkling wine from…Lanzarote! That’s right; there’s more to Spanish sparkling wine than you’d think at first glance. To dive into the theme the boys have a sparkler from Los Bermejos winery.
This week Roque and Luke are starting a new sub-series to the podcast. In Spain there are hundreds of grapes, and many of them are completely unknown outside of the tiny remote areas where they are made. In this new series, published every few weeks or so, they will take a look at the weirder…
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…
Betanzos? What’s a Betanzos when it’s at home? Well, it’s a small town in the far north of Galicia near the crashing Atlantic coast, and not an area usually associated with wine. Yet historically there was wine there and a few winemakers created VT Betanzos in an effort to promote their vinos! Conexión Mandeo is…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This week Roque and Luke return again to those sun-dappled volcanic islands of the Canaries. They sample a bottle from DO Tacoronte-Acentejo in the northeast part of the island. Viña Norte by Bodegas Insulares. They toast 2018 and chat top 5 wine choices! Check out our new episode! Share!
Today the SWE team return to the Canary Islands. Roque and Luke are joined by special guest traveller Debbie Musgrove. She’s been on holiday and brought the boys a bottle of wine – Famara – from Bodega Vega de Yuco in DO Lanzarote. They talk wine innovation and volcanic parks and start longing for holidays!…
Today, as the winter sun sparkles in a frost sky, Roque and Luke buck the trend and have themselves a bottle of Casa Castilla rosé wine, rosado, from the region DO Cigales and Miguel Martín’s wine company. They pick each other’s brains about wine attitudes and generally act stupid? no change there. Check out our new…
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