Wines From Spain 2025. Five Personal Favourites

Paul HowardArticles, Blog, Spain, Sustainability

Wines From Spain 2025 ©FWS

Wines From Spain 2025. Five Personal Favourites One of the highlights of my wine year is always the annual Wines From Spain trade tasting, which I look forward to for weeks beforehand. That’s not least because they always ensure they visit the north of England in addition to exhibiting in London. This year, the northern leg of Wines From Spain …

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International Sherry Week, 4-10 November 2024

Paul HowardArticles, Blog, Spain

Bar Pepito

International Sherry Week, 4-10 November 2024 Once again, International Sherry Week occurs between 4-10 November 2024. Let’s celebrate Spain’s great gift to the world! There are the floral delights of a chilled Manzanilla or Fino. Or try the nutty notes of an Amontillado and Oloroso. Add the umami flavours of Palo Cortado or the sweet caramel of PX. There’s a …

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Discovering Dry Sherry, Part 2. May the Flor be with you

Paul HowardArticles, Blog, Spain

Discovering Dry Sherry Part 2

Dry Sherry, Parte Dos. May the Flor be With You. Manzanilla, Manzanilla Pasada, Amontillado and Palo Cortado In Parte Uno of discovering dry Sherry, we met Fino and Oloroso. These are entirely different from each other yet they originate from the same base wine. The essential difference between them is that their creation is either by ageing biologically with flor (Fino) …

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Christmas 2021 – a dozen delights

Paul HowardAbruzzo, Alto Adige/Südtirol, Articles, Biodynamic, Blog, Champagne, England and Wales, Food, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Organic, Sardegna, Spain, Sparkling Wine, Sustainability

Happy Christmas 2021

Christmas 2021 – a dozen delights Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to you all! Thanks for reading, supporting and encouraging me during this incredibly challenging year. Here’s my present to you all – the pick of the wines for Christmas 2021, together with a Christmas Card. This year there are a dozen delights. All come highly recommended for …

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International Sherry Week, 2-8 November 2020

Paul HowardArticles, Blog, Spain

Sherry Week 2020

International Sherry Week, 2-8 November 2020 International Sherry Week takes place between 2-8 November 2020. Time once again to celebrate Spain’s great gift to the world! There are the floral delights of a chilled Manzanilla or Fino. Or try the nutty notes of an Amontillado and Oloroso. Add the umami flavours of Palo Cortado, or the sweet caramel of PX. …

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Colet Navazos Extra Brut, original and brilliant fizz

Paul HowardArticles, Blog, Organic, Spain, Sparkling Wine

Colet Navazos Extra Brut 2015

Colet Navazos Extra Brut, original and brilliant fizz Regular readers will know of my love of Sparkling wine and Sherry. They are two unique wine styles with entirely different origins. Two methods defined by their complicated production and maturation processes. They couldn’t be more different from one another. Poles apart, you might say. But what if someone was bonkers enough …

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International Sherry Week, 4-10 November 2019

Paul HowardArticles, Blog, Spain

sherry week 2019 logo

International Sherry Week, 4-10 November 2019 International Sherry Week takes place between 4-10 November 2019. Let’s all celebrate Spain’s great gift to the world! From the floral delights of a chilled Manzanilla or Fino to the nutty notes of an Amontillado and Oloroso. From the umami flavours of Palo Cortado to the sweet caramel of PX. This is the week …

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