The modern era of Rioja wines owes much to the technological developments (here I mean the use of tools rather that its modern use often meaning computerisation) imported from Bordeaux.
Rioja has been known as a good source of wines for centuries, probably even growing grapes and making wine in Roman times. However, what John Radford [...]
Do you fancy eating some great tapas in London, including some you cannot normally get? Come along to the party on the 28th & 29th of June, 2008 then.
The Rioja region are organising a tapas festival here and not only are some of London’s best tapas & Spanish restaurants attending to serve their specialities, but [...]
Couldn’t have said it better myself, this is Confessions of Wino’s report on my visit to Manchester:
Spanish wine tasting at kro2 manchester
I have never attended a seminar at the London WIne Trade Fair before, despite having attended for 6 years or so. This year, however, I spotted an invitation too good to miss: John Radford’s “Rioja Through the Decades” tasting, intending to showcase some of the great wines from the best vintages over the last 30 [...]
Back from ExCeL and the 2008 London International Wine Fair (LIWF)
I’m not sure if it was the fact that the ‘wine’ show is no longer complicated by the mixed messages of also being the ‘Spirit‘ show, or maybe something else, but I felt that there was a better mix of visitors this year, in particular [...]
Just for fun, I thought I would write an “elevator pitch” to sell Rioja (the whole region) - convince someone to bother looking into Rioja further. This might not work on journalists or “experts” but I was still thinking of that technology investor type, unfortunately caught in the lift with me for 30 seconds.
Here is [...]
If you happen to be coming to the London Wine Trade fair this week (Tuesday 20th May to Thursday 22nd May, 2008) at ExCeL, please do come by the Bibendum stand (D30) and say hello.
Bibendum Wine Ltd. is the UK importer for both Dinastia Vivanco and Criadores de Rioja, and therefore we benefit from being [...]
I’m currently sitting in the stylish Manchester Malmaison Hotel (”the Mal”) trying to stay away from the madness around the streets of Manchester today thanks to the UEFA cup final. I have never seen so many blue shirts and every voice I hear is Scottish (Rangers have made it to the final apparently).
It has been [...]
Maybe the power of positive thinking can keep the sun shining just a little longer, or maybe we’ve already had our summer?
[UPDATE: Thanks everyone! It worked. The sun is out and temperatures have gone up about 5 degrees]
Ryan from Catavino made an interesting point to me recently, something which I am sure we will be exploring in much more detail for the European Wine Bloggers’ Conference.
Blogs have the ability to present information in a range of media (written word, drawing, images, audio & video) so why is it that bloggers tend to [...]
