wine reads

Penedès: the challenges ahead for Spain’s first 100% organic appellation

Spanish Wine Lover. 2 Sept 2025

"From the 2025 harvest onwards, every grape and bottle of wine carrying the DO Penedès seal will be certified organic. This milestone is one of the central goals of the Regulatory Board's 2030 Strategic Plan."

The state of biodinamics in Spain: 3,500 hectares and counting

Spanish Wine Lover. 3 May 2025

"Spain ranks third worldwide in vineyard area under biodynamic certification —trailing only France and Italy— and fourth in terms of certified producers, just behind Germany. Among non-European countries, only the US and Chile exceed 1,000 certified hectares, with the latter having far fewer producers."

Wineries. Raúl Moreno

Spanish Wine Lover. 8 Apr 2024

"These are mostly still wines, with minimal intervention and maximum personality, in which he seeks the purity of the grape variety, but also freshness and the bond with terroir. The explanation of why these varieties, and why in Sherry Country, is to be found in the personal and professional journey of Moreno, a globetrotting Seville man, born in 1979, who has undoubtedly made the most of the opportunities life has offered him."

Wineries. Tradición

"Launching the business with exclusively old wines in stock was a risky bet. In those years, with sherry’s popularity in the doldrums, they managed to sell only a few hundred bottles, a figure that nowadays has increased to 20,000. Nevertheless, their focus is quality, not quantity. The whole aging and bottling process is artisanal -each and every bottle is sealed manually and all front labels have their drawn-off date, lot and bottle number written by hand. Traditional high ceilings and sandy soils adorn the bodega, which has five criaderas (levels of storage) for all its wines except Palo Cortado, which has three, more common in Jerez."