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Stockholm to host 5th annual International Tempranillo Competition
The international competition for Tempranillo wines will be held May 26 to 29 in Stockholm. This competition is limited to wines made from the Tempranillo variety and organizers expect to have about 500 wines participating.Most of the participants ar...
Indigenous grapes of Catalunya and the quest for individuality
In the continuing quest of winemakers to make wines that are distinctive from all the rest, bodegas here in Catalunya have been making greater efforts to restore indigenous grape varieties to commercial use. The thinking is that if the raw material i...
White tempranillo: mutation or technique?
I had recently seen a press release for the Pago del Vicario winery on the release of their second vintage of a White Tempranillo wine. This press release brought to mind the news last year from La Rioja D.O.C. that one of the varieties now approved...
