This wine was purchased in a wine emergency. We wanted something nice, something fresh, and something that was available after eight o’clock on a Sunday night in Cardiff as all the restaurants we’d thought of going to were closed – it was Sunday night after all. There were some chain restaurants still open, but after… Read More »
I had a bottle of Faustino VII white Rioja from ASDA. I’m a convert to white Rioja, I still recall the first time I tried it over a decade ago, I couldn’t quite work out what was going on with my taste buds, but they were clearly having a great time with nutty, bitter almond,… Read More »
I really like white Rioja, it’s a white wine that really means business, but it is perhaps under represented on Britain’s wine shelves. I was excited to see a version I hadn’t seen before in Majestic. Marques de Caceres is a reliable supplier of all things Rioja, and this one promised something a little different.… Read More »
Alberto Contador made it safely across the line with the peloton to win the Tour de France. Along with his yellow jersey, he’s also entitled to the white one. He’s a team winner too with Discovery. Go Alberto! The last guy to achieve that feat was Jan Ullrich. I hope Contador doesn’t have to explain… Read More »
Rioja makes me happy – tinto, blanco or rosado – it’s all good. Well, not all of it is good, and white Rioja is a slightly risky option. Marques de Murrieta is always divine, but a good red doesn’t guarantee a correspondingly good white, so the search is always on for a reasonably priced one… Read More »
Marques de Murrieta is a big name Spanish producer. It has made its reputation in Rioja turning out consistently good wines. Back in the late 19th Century, Peruvian born Luciano de Murrieta took the cash his family had made banking in the City of London and purchased the Ygay vineyards near Logrono on the Camino… Read More »
You could be thinking that it’s been a bad week for British sport. The footballers are out, the cricketers are appalling, and even the tennis players are history, but there is something to celebrate. You may not have noticed but Nicole Cooke won the women’s Tour de France this weekend. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts,… Read More »