Tag Archives: tempranillo

A brief update from the vineyards of Rioja

October 3, 2009 – 6:13 pm

I was walking around the vineyards so I thought I’d bring you some shots of what’s happening right now:

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Dominant Tempranillo

June 4, 2009 – 4:06 pm

This week I attended The Drinks Business‘ Rioja Forum, organised in conjunction with Wines from Rioja, to discuss the motion: “Should Tempranillo remain the dominant grape?”

In many ways, it wasn’t a discussion as much as a series of comments around the theme of how Rioja should present itself to the world, and more importantly, how [...]

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Top scores for Coleccion Vivanco Rioja wines

December 31, 2008 – 5:48 pm

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 [...]

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40 Bloggers and the Dinastia Vivanco experience

September 5, 2008 – 5:07 pm

You’ll probably read a lot more about this event on other blogs as well, but I must say I was very excited to help to host 40 of Europe’s leading wine bloggers at Dinastia Vivanco this weekend.
Wine blogging is getting more mainstream, with more wineries, journalists, marketers and wine consumers using it as a means [...]

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Tempranillo grapes

June 25, 2008 – 11:32 am

The Tempranillo grape in all its autumn glory in Finca El Cantillo, the vineyard surrounding the Dinastia Vivanco winery and Museum in Briones.

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