tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76737922799062571302024-02-07T10:59:19.717-08:00❁❁❁The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group❁❁❁ ❁❁❁❁❁❁❁ Gerry Dawes Selections ❁❁❁❁❁❁❁The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group™ - Gerry Dawes Selections™ wine collection has been carefully chosen by recognized Spanish wine expert Gerry Dawes from selected artisans dedicated to producing wines that reflect the uniqueness of their vineyard sites, grapes, soil and climate. Our wines are authentic reflections of their terruño (terroir) or sense of place and taste the way their producers think they ought to taste. (Note: spirits to added shortly.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-25775574943794878812020-07-13T12:14:00.000-07:002018-09-21T13:51:25.019-07:00The Genesis of The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group - Gerry Dawes Selections
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by Gerry Dawes, Founder & President
The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group
Our Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group of artisan producers are a result of a long-time painstaking effort to find authentic and original wines that truly represent the unique places from which they come. Our producers are not making wines that "the marketUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-47493766837284863842019-01-16T12:22:00.000-08:002019-01-16T12:22:31.070-08:00Spanish Artisan Wine Reviews from John Gilman ,Publishe-Editor of View From The Cellar
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Recently-Tasted Spanish and Portuguese Wines
Part Two- December 2018
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-52155623210374229762018-07-10T02:38:00.000-07:002018-08-17T13:37:01.604-07:00Bodegas Aliaga Superb Tempranillo and Garnacha-Based Wines From Navarra, Including Aliaga Rosado de Lágrima de Garnacha (Garnacha Rosado made with free-run juice), one of Spain's Greatest Rosados
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Bodegas Aliaga, Corella (Navarra)
The wines of Carlos Aliaga and his family.
Carlos Aliaga showing his Viña Aliaga vineyards to a visitor.
Photo by Gerry Dawes©2011 / gerrydawes@aol.com.
The Wines of Aliaga and Restaurante El Crucero
(Click on the El Crucero titles below to see photos of the restaurant and its dishes.)
Upgraded to Four Dalí Watches: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-72537443463111041842018-06-18T16:03:00.000-07:002018-08-17T11:30:23.337-07:00"Among the oldest of many wine cliché’s is that Rosés don’t age well . . . " Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media, June 2017.
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I have some incredible rosados, though, except for the wonderful Viña Catajarros Elite Cigales Rosado 2014 and Viña Aliaga Lágrima de Luna Rosado 2015, most of our rosados with bottle age have been sold to hip places such as Jockey Hollow Kitchen & Bar (Morristown, NJ), Barcelona Wine Bars in Connecticut and Ortzi (NYC).
Please inquire at gerrydawes@Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-30672507546553532722018-06-12T14:34:00.000-07:002018-08-17T11:29:21.859-07:00Adegas Triay Monterrei - Producers of Exceptional Godello Whites and Lovely Mencía Reds from Galicia
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Monterrei
Bodegas Triay (Oimbra, Ourense, Galicia)
Triay Godello, one of Gerry Dawes's relatively recent discoveries, is one of his favorite wines in the entire portfolio. Its delicious white peach, stone fruit and mineral nuances put it on a par with many white Burgundies, at a far more accessible price. Triay is made by Antonio Triay, who with his wife Puri Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-25819560228732613182018-06-07T13:47:00.000-07:002018-08-17T11:29:54.632-07:00Adegas Eladio Santalla Hacienda Ucediños, A Rising Family Winery Star Producing World-Class Artisan Godello and Mencía in Valdeorras
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Text & All Photos by Gerry Dawes©2017
Gerry Dawes at Chef Paco Roncero's Estado Puro in Madrid with a glass of Godello.
Photo by Harold Heckle©2009, Associated Press, Madrid.
The Santalla family bodega, run by brothers Eladio and Marco, produce top-notch Godello whites and Mencía from several family-owned or controlled vineyards, some of which are 50 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-89267414437023470722018-06-04T13:29:00.000-07:002018-08-17T11:27:28.656-07:00AT Roca - (Clàssic Penedès) Exceptional Methode Champenoise Sparkling Wines
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Catalunya
AT Roca - (Clàssic Penedès
Agustí Torelló Sibill in his Conca de Foix Plana de l'Urpi vineyard (Foix basin, l'Urpi plain), near Sant Sadurni D'Anoia in Catalunya, southwest of Barcelona. Photo by Gerry Dawes.
AT Roca, an artisan, family owned, viticulturally oriented winery, produces superb quality Clàssic Penedès Brut and Brut Reserve Rosat Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-12549020417417401072018-05-30T14:12:00.000-07:002018-08-17T11:28:53.731-07:00Albariños from la Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas, Rías Baixas, Galicia: Avó Roxo, Cabaliero do Val, Lagar de Broullón, Lagar de Candes, O’Forollo & Rozas
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“When Gerry discusses his albariños his voices rises and his enthusiasm goes into high gear, as does the prose in his tasting sheet on albariños from members of the Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas. . .
Back label in Spain for the
Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas, Autores do Viño
. . .The association, he relates, is “A group of small grower-producers who rebelled Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-8644155341890853742018-05-22T06:22:00.000-07:002018-08-17T11:31:07.997-07:00Docsconz 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. . .
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-73778824604211264102017-07-30T08:45:00.000-07:002017-10-25T12:14:31.864-07:00God and Men (Godello and Mencía) in Ribeira Sacra: Winemaking in Spain's Most Exciting Wine Region for Terroir-Driven Wines
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José Manuel Rodríguez, Consejo Regulador de La Ribera Sacra President (and producer of his own Décima wines) and Chef Michael Chiarello at one of José Manuel's vineyards overlooking the Sil River. Photo by Gerry Dawes ©2011. gerrydawes@aol.com.
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Article by Gerry Dawes
(First published in The Wine News, Fall 2009)
Over the past few years, La Ribeira Sacra,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-25310880724782502362017-06-13T08:34:00.001-07:002017-10-16T11:02:10.585-07:00 The Four Black Bulls of the Spanish Wine Apocalypse: Severe Weather Hits Numerous Spanish Wine Regions Causing Potentially Catastrophic Losses in Several Regions * * * * *
Text & All photos by Gerry Dawes©2017.
For the past several weeks, The Four Black Bulls of the Spanish Weather Apocalypse have been raging through the vineyards of Northern Spain wreaking havoc. Their names are Helada (Frost), Lluvia (Torrential Rain), Pedrisco (Hail), and Viento (Wind) have caused dim prospects for the 2017 wine grape harvest in areas such as La Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-2571711894846135822017-04-07T11:37:00.000-07:002017-04-29T07:02:45.751-07:00Chef Dan Barber & Winemaker Randall Grahm on the "Roots" of Terroir in Wine
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“It turns out that the mechanism [mycorrhizal fungi] is a pre-requisite for great wine. I learned this from Randall Grahm, the iconoclastic winemaker of Bonny Doon Vineyard, in Santa Cruz California. “Mycorrhizae are microbial demiurges—they bring minerals into the plants,” he told me. “What does that taste like? Persistence. The best wines are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-87106280084816746682017-04-06T14:26:00.000-07:002017-04-29T07:01:41.849-07:00Lagar de Broullón Albariño, Meaño (Pontevedra), Rías Baixas. Bodeguero Artesano José Pintos Pintos
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"Lagar de Broullon Albariño. An albariño to banish all memory of those banal examples of the wine that now flood U.S. wine shop shelves — bright and well-rounded, with juicy fruit and a long, complex finish." - - Colman Andrews, The Daily Meal.
Read more: Spanish Wines — A Seductive New Crop: Godello, mencia, and other less-than-famous Iberian grapes shine in a newUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-29212012812886437432017-04-06T07:00:00.000-07:002017-04-29T07:00:52.227-07:00Cabaliero Do Val, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Francisco Dovalo
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Gerry Dawes with Francisco (“Paco”) Dovalo López, owner of Cabaleiro do Val, is the founder and president of the Asociación of Bodegas Artesanas, Rías Baixas, Galicia. The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections imports six different artisan albariños from the Bodegas Artesanas.
Adega Cabaliero Do Val, Meaño (Pontevedra)
Bodeguero Artesano Francisco Dovalo
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-64476675429753806922017-04-05T17:26:00.000-07:002017-04-29T06:59:52.811-07:00O’ Forrollo Albariño Rías Baixas
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Bodega Meis Otero, O’ Forrollo, Dena-Meaño (Pontevedra), Galicia
Bodeguero Artesano Fernando Meis Otero
O’ Forrollo Albariño 2014 Rías Baixas 13% 12/750ML $27.99
O'Forrollo, one of the six Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas de Rías Baixas Albariños
brought in by The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections.
Color & appearance: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-52245379096632339122017-04-05T14:57:00.000-07:002017-04-29T06:58:04.675-07:00Rozas Albariño. "Maybe the greatest Albariño I have ever tasted - - kaleidoscopic minerality, blazing purity." - - John B. Gilman, View From the Cellar
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Bodegas Rozas, Meaño (Pontevedra)
Bodeguero Artesano Manolo Dovalo
Rozas Albariño 2013 13.5% 12/750ML $25.99
The 2013 Albariño from Adegas Rozas has blossomed beautifully since I last crossed paths with a bottle during my visit to the region in October of 2014. Manolo Dovalo farms the family’s 6.3 hectares of very old vines in Meaño and his 2013 is drinking beautifully Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-25799404839994788982017-04-04T15:01:00.000-07:002017-04-29T07:00:19.458-07:00Lagar de Candes Albariño, Bodegas y Viñedos Eulogio Gondar Galiñanes
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Lagar de Candes
Bodegas y Viñedos Eulogio Gondar Galiñanes, Meaño (Pontevedra)
Bodeguero Artesano Eulogio Gondar Galiñanes
Hazards
of being an artisan grower-producer. Eulogio Gondar, Lagar de Candes,
wearing a eye patch after being injured when a grapevine he was pruning
poked him in the eye.
Lagar de Candes Albariño 2013 12.0% 12/750ML $26.99
In
the glass Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-26521141430311180562017-04-04T14:51:00.000-07:002017-04-29T07:03:22.275-07:00Adegas Avó Roxo, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Antonio Gondar Moldes, Avó Roxo Albariño (with video)
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Adegas Avó Roxo, Meaño (Pontevedra)
Bodeguero Artesano Antonio Gondar Moldes
Avó Roxo Albariño 2013 13.0% 12/750ML $27.99
"Adega Avó Roxo is currently run by Antonio Gondar Moldes, who took over the management of the family estate only in 2007. His grandfather, Serafin Gondar began production here in the 1930s and this was at one time one of the most famous wineries in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-41219408113287653972017-04-03T03:47:00.000-07:002017-04-29T07:04:19.826-07:00Spanish Artisan Wine Group Stars from Ribeira Sacra: The most awesomely beautiful wine region on earth. "Tasted the new Holy Grail of Ribeira Sacra producers yesterday - Decima, Sabatelius, Toalde, Cazoga - just insanely good, low octane fireworks." - - John B. Gilman, Publisher of View From The Cellar
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Tourist boat on the Sil River in the Amandi subzone of la Ribeira Sacra.
Photograph by Gerry Dawes©2010. Contact gerrydawes@aol.com.
Ribeira Sacra: A Renewed Obsession
by Chris Barnes, formerly with Chambers Street Wines, New York City
“The Mencia grape is to Ribeira Sacra as Gamay is to Morgon or Syrah is to Cote Rôtie – a grape perfectly matched to its terroir.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-25157300174465544982016-11-17T06:15:00.000-08:002017-10-28T14:46:03.697-07:00Viña Catajarros Cigales Rosado, One of Spain's (and Europe's) Truly Great Rosé Wines
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Persistence of Memory* (Salvador Dalí) Five-Watch Rating
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"You ask about rosé? Blended from tempranillo and garnacha (red grapes), verdejo and alvillo (white), the Hermanos Merino Viña Catajarros rosado ($14.99), from the Cigales region, was seamless and displayed a certain seriousness under its flirtatiousness."&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-58244106642832364342016-11-12T08:11:00.000-08:002018-11-07T08:17:19.026-08:00Adega Manuel Formigo Grand Cru Quality Treixadura-based White Wines from Ribeiro (Galicia)
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Persistence of Memory* (Salvador Dalí) Five-Watch Rating
Photo by Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com
/ http://www.spanishartisanwinegroup.com.
Adega Manuel Formigo, 32431 Beade (Ourense), Galicia
info@fincateira.com / www.fincateira.com
Adega Manuel Formigo Grand Cru Quality
Treixadura-based White Wines from Ribeiro (Galicia)
Agustín FormigoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-40047396095054417942016-11-05T10:05:00.000-07:002016-12-05T06:27:14.556-08:00José Andrés on The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group - Gerry Dawes Selections
"You
have worked on Spain like no one else. You have done it a step at a
time, little by little, but I think it is great that you are finding
success (with The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections)
and that after so many years of trips to Spain and of knowing and
loving Spain, that your efforts are finally going to pay off. You
deserve to make it with your Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-83252799846366820762016-10-29T16:00:00.000-07:002016-12-05T05:53:05.603-08:00What They Are Saying & Writing About The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections (Click on titles.)
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Spanish Wines — A Seductive New Crop Godello, mencia, and other less-than-famous Iberian grapes shine in a new selection from Spanish wine expert Gerry Dawes - - Colman Andrews, Editorial Director, The Daily Meal
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Spanish
Artisan Wine Group Stars from Ribeira Sacra: The most awesomely
beautiful wine region on earth. "Tasted the new Holy Grail of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-13349441451677976622016-10-27T14:42:00.000-07:002016-12-05T06:49:51.717-08:00Valdeorras: Spain's Great White Hope in The Valley of Gold
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Glass of Godello at sunset at Adegas D. Berna, Valdeorras.
Photo by Gerry Dawes©2011 / gerrydawes@aol.com
(None of the photos here were a part of The New York Times article.)
In Spain, the Promise of Godello by Eric Asimov
The New York Times, Saturday, May 26, 2012
Excerpt: ". . .Some people have already made up their minds about godello. Gerry Dawes, who hasUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673792279906257130.post-61202235185580732372016-10-17T04:58:00.001-07:002016-11-05T11:40:27.310-07:00English Version of Boquería Gourmand, a Book about Barcelona's Fabulous La Boquería Market (Foreword by Gerry Dawes)
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Boquería Gourmand
English edition, published in October 2011 by Viena Edicions (www.vienaeditorial.com)
Email me at gerrydawes@aol.com for information about obtaining a copy of the book.
La Boquería: My Favorite Pueblo is a Gastronomer’s Paradise
(Foreword includes additional paragraphs not in the published version.)
By Gerry Dawes©2011
Premio Nacional de Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0