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Jan 16, 20204 min read

An Interview with Carlos Rodríguez Furthmann - Selva Vins

If you are one of our regular readers I am sure that you will have noticed us recommending wines from Selva Vins.

Dec 13, 20194 min read

Harvesting at Bodega Son Juliana

Dedication is required when you need to set your alarm for 5:15am, but it is a necessity when you are harvesting at Bodega Son Juliana.

Nov 5, 20193 min read

Small is Beautiful

Small producers have to push their way through a tiny gap in the market to get their wines noticed and appreciated and some succeed!

Oct 4, 20193 min read

Unearthing Canarian Wines

Wine critics are currently drooling over the wines from the Canary Islands that are grown on lava soils, and we can understand why.

Apr 5, 20193 min read

The old and the new - ageing wine

We are now hearing about wines that are “fermented in concrete tanks” or “aged in amphorae” or, my favourite “aged in the concrete egg”.

Jan 5, 20193 min read

'The wine of kings, and the king of wines' - Louis XIV

Sweet wine. Often unappreciated and considered the underdog of wines, relegated to the top shelf and rarely requested.

Nov 3, 20183 min read

The reign in Spain falls mainly on Garnacha

In Spain there is one grape variety that reigns above all others, garnacha (also known as grenache). Spain is garnacha!!

Sep 1, 20184 min read

The moment of truth

There is a time of the year in every vineyard when a great deal of effort, knowledge, skill and physical work comes into play, harvest time.

Aug 2, 20183 min read

It's not what you do but the way that you do it!

A great part of our job, maybe the best part, is going out into the fields and taking a look at the vineyards.