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Oenologist and master winemaker Telmo Rodríguez led a wine tasting event at AoC restaurant in Copenhagen. Organized by Wines from Spain and the Spanish Foreign Trade Agency Office at the Spanish Embassy in Copenhagen, the event, aptly titled “White Spain” featured only Spanish white wines, 16 to be exact, from 10 appellations. The wines were paired with Spanish cheeses as well as the gastronomic fare of chef Ronny Emborg.
Click here for more about the event.
Sonoma’s Press Democrat has an excellent feature on the Chateau Montelena vineyard, honing in on the vineyard’s longstanding tradition of staying classic instead of jumping onto every new wine trend, something that wine drinkers appreciate now more than ever.
“‘The classics never go out of style,’ [Bo] Barrett noted. ‘We learned that lesson with chardonnay. The pendulum swings, just stick to our style and not be afraid of where the mob is going. There’s also a place for properly made red wines. You’ve got to stick to what you know best. We have a 50-year plan, not 10.’”
The key to future success? Sticking with that plan. Says Barrett,
“I like the art, and all of us are superstitious,” Barrett concedes, “but I believe in the science.”
Read the entire piece here.
Frank Sutherland of The Tennessean picked the 2007 Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon for autumn”s heavier flavors:
“The Montelena had an intense nose of blackberries, cassis, plums, milk chocolate, leather and oak. The palate mirrored the aroma, along with ripe cherry flavors and nice acids. The mouth feel was soft and seductive for such a big wine.”
Read the whole article here.
A recent article in the New Zealand Herald, Mark Young confesses his love for “surfer-turned-wine-lover” Telmo Rodriguez and his seductively Spanish wines. In fact, Young admits to loving it so much that he’s now importing it into New Zealand. His pick for wine of the week: 2008 Telmo Rodriguez Al Muvedre
“The subtitle here is “tinto joven”, meaning young red, which implies soft and simple flavours, but nothing could be further from the chocolatey truth in every mouthful of this lovely Spanish newcomer to these shores.”
Read all about it here.
Food & Wine’s latest list of “100 Wine Bottles to Drink Right Now” features Telmo Rodriguez’s Gaba do Xil 2009 (#13) and Alma Rosa’s Chardonnay Santa Barbara County 2008 (#41) as choice wines to know and love. Get the whole list here.
