Monthly Archives: December 2008

Top scores for Coleccion Vivanco Rioja wines

I hadn’t planned another post quite so soon (after all, I wouldn’t want to spoil you and have you expect me to post THAT regularly) but I awoke to some wonderful news which I thought I would share.
Julia Harding MW, who is the main contributor to JancisRobinson.com other than Jancis herself, just wrote an interesting [...]

Obligatory festive post

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Hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and I wish everyone a great Hogmanay
I thought I’d get at least one brief post in over the holidays.
I first need to congratulate Caroline, of Caroline’s Miscellany, for winning the case of 6 bottles of Dinastia Vivanco Crianza to help make a great vinous start to [...]

What could wine do differently?

I’m thinking of organising a tasting in January, when Rafael Vivanco from Bodegas Dinastia Vivanco, is over in London for Bibendum’s mega annual tasting (they import our wines to the UK). Nothing radical in that, there are lots of wine tastings happening all the time. BUT …
With all the potential of Social Media for wine [...]

A Rush for Rioja

I had a couple of roles to play at last night’s London Bloggers Christmas meetup at Ember, but I enjoy wearing multiple hats.
As a wine blogger and social media activist, I feel it is important to spread the word about wine, wine culture and the great stuff that wineries are doing online. Of course, one [...]

A visit to Bodegas Ontañon

I did not have to stray far for my first visit to a winery during my stay in Logroño. Bodegas Ontañon is conveniently (if you have a car, and EVERYONE has a car here) on the eastern outskirts of the town - helpfully near the Berceo shopping centre we had come to know and love [...]