Tasting Notes from our 149th Tasting. Dextera Dei and Viña de Eufemia.
Envero Wines is an organisation selecting quality wines from regional varieties in Castilla y León, Toro, Rueda, and Ribera del Duero under […]
Envero Wines is an organisation selecting quality wines from regional varieties in Castilla y León, Toro, Rueda, and Ribera del Duero under […]
Introduction New to VI Vid! We have decided to publish the notes from our regular monthly tastings as a guide for a wider audience. We plan to do this every two months from here on. This blog covers the wines from the November and December 2025 tastings (143 and 144) The Cavas and Sparkling Wines. 1. Cava Sutra Brut, Macabeo/Chardonnay, Bodegas Arraez DO Cava Guarda 11.5%ABV. The bodega’s first Cava is a blend of 90% Macabeo with Chardonnay. It has a minimum […]
Celebrating a New Chapter in Wine Excellence The world of wine welcomed a distinguished new player with the inauguration of Bodegas Novos. […]
We visited the Latorre bodega in Venta del Moro for the first time in March 2014. We knew the wines well from […]
It was exactly one year since we had visited Juan Piqueras in his ‘garage’ bodega in Campo Arcis (https://wp.me/p7dfvi-1r5) . A year […]
A week is no time in the life of a wine-growing area especially when its history can be traced back to 2700 […]
On 22 March a new wine club for expatriates in Valencia commenced with a tasting in Macabeo Canovas, a restaurant near the […]
VÍ Vid had met with Antonio Piqueras a couple of times in 2016 when we attended some training days or `Jornadas´ organised […]
Wine made in traditional terracotta amphorae.
Around the end of January 2014 we visited a new Bodega in El Azagador, a hamlet of nearby Requena, to see the new facilities which had risen on the site of the old local cooperative. It seems this hamlet may be the home to a family of phoenixes. Last week we visited the new Bodegas Vibe which has literally arisen on the site of the old Bodegas Torroja which we reported on in January 2010. Vibe is a new project, based very […]