Docsconz on the Wines of The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group - Gerry Dawes Selections

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Spanish Wines with Character from Gerry Dawes – Part One: Reds

"Robert Parker’s opinion has held sway in the wine world for a long time, first coming to prominence with his pronouncements on Bordeaux’s famed 1982 vintage. His palate is attuned to “big” wines. Full throttled oaky monsters and high octane “fruit bombs” have tended to rule his influential roost since that time. . .

Gerry Dawes

. . . One person who has been at the vanguard of those battling Parker’s extensive homogenizing influence has been the noted American food and wine writer, my friend, Gerry Dawes.  Gerry’s wine background is extensive, with plenty of experience visiting, drinking and writing about the wines of France and elsewhere. His main passion, however, dating back to the 1960’s has been the wine, food and people of Spain – a passion that he and I share, though his experience far outweighs my own."

Spanish Wines with Character from Gerry Dawes – Part Two: The Glorious Whites of Galicia

"Who ever heard of tasting a bunch of reds before the main white wines? Well, thanks to Gerry Dawes, that is what we did and somehow, it worked out just fine."

"Tasted the new Holy Grail of Ribeira Sacra producers yesterday - Don Bernardino, Decima, Sabatelius, Toalde, Cazoga - just insanely good, low octane fireworks." John Gilman, Publisher of View From The Cellar on Twitter

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John Gilman, author-publisher of View From the Cellar.
 Photo: Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com 
 http://thespanishartisanwinegroup.com / http://gerrydawesspain.com

On Twitter, Friday night, March 2, 2012: 

@JohnBGilman "Tasted the new Holy Grail of Ribeira Sacra producers yesterday - Don Bernardino, Decima, Sabatelius, Toalde, Cazoga - just insanely good, low octane fireworks." 

John Gilman, the great wine palate who publishes the best wine newsletter in the United States, View From the Cellar, loved the wines of The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections at a tasting-tapas luncheon on Friday, March 2  
at Barcelona Restaurant, Greenwich, CT.

Photo: Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com.

The great Gretchen Thomas, Wine & Spirits Director, 
Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant Group. 
(Photo courtesy of Barcelona and Gretchen Thomas.)

The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections wines got great reactions from the tasters: John Gilman; the great Gretchen Thomas, Wine & Spirits Director of the Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant Group; Andy Pforzheimer, one of the partners in the Barcelona Restaurant Group; John Sconzo (Docsconz: Musings on Food and Life), traveling gourmet and blogger par excellence; wine educator Candela M. Prol; and Dana Staley, these last two essential members of my team.

John Sconzo (Dosconz: Musings on Food and Life), Barcelona Restaurants Wine Director Gretchen Thomas and Barcelona Restaurants Group Partner Andy Pforzheimer 
at a tasting lunch for The Spanish Artisan Wine Group-Gerry Dawes Selections at 
Barcelona Wine Bar, Greenwich, CT.  Photo: Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com.

Andy Pforzheimer, one of the partners in Barcelona, stopped by as a courtesy to taste our wines.  Here is what he put on my Facebook after the tasting: 

"Great wines, Gerry. You really came through. I came down just to see you, but I stayed for what was in the glass. Can't wait to pour some."

 

John Sconzo (Dosconz: Musings on Food and Life), at a tasting lunch for The Spanish Artisan Wine Group-Gerry Dawes Selections at Barcelona Wine Bar, Greenwich, CT. 
Photo: Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com. 

John Sconzo, who writes the DocSconz Musings on Food and Life blog and is super connected with many of the top restaurants in the country, put this on Facebook last evening.  He drove all the way down from Saratoga and back just for the tasting.   (By the way, the alcohol in our lower alcohol wines wears off far quicker that does the hootch in those 15% Darth Vadar monsters.  No one had any problem navigating back to their abodes after the event [I checked].)

John Sconzo shared Docsconz - Musings on Food & Life's photo.

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Thanks for a great afternoon!  Some tastes from today - courtesy of Gerry Dawes. Much more to come on this Spanish wine tasting cornucopia!

Gerry Dawes with some of the lineup of wines at Barcelona, Greenwich, CT tasting luncheon of The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections. March 2, 2010. 
Photo by John Sconzo.