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Barolo vs Rioja Gran Reserva
Two great traditional European reds compared: Barolo's tannin and perfume against Rioja Gran Reserva's savoury, ready-to-drink maturity, and which to pour.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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The best Spanish wine regions outside Rioja
The Spanish wine regions worth knowing outside Rioja: Ribera del Duero, Priorat, Rias Baixas, Rueda, Bierzo, Gredos and Jerez, and what each does best.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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Why Spanish wine is Europe's best value
Why Spanish wine over-delivers on price and quality: the most vineyard land in the world, old vines at everyday prices, and a prestige gap in your favour.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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What are vinos de pasto?
Vinos de pasto are the unfortified table wines of the sherry country: mineral, saline Palomino from albariza chalk, and a serious modern revival.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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Cava vs Champagne: what are you actually paying for?
Cava vs Champagne: same method, different terroir, very different bill. Where the price gap is real, where it is reputation, and which to pour when.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
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Cava vs Prosecco: the difference that matters
Cava vs Prosecco compared honestly: bottle versus tank fermentation, grapes, ageing, the extra dry label trap, and when each one is the right pour.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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Franciacorta vs premium Cava: the bottle-fermented question
Franciacorta vs premium Cava compared: two bottle-fermented sparkling wines, where their grapes and ageing diverge, what each costs, and which to pour when.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
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Spain's lesser-known wine regions, and why they matter
Spain's lesser-known wine regions: Bierzo, Gredos, Ribeira Sacra, Arlanza and more, what each grows, why they are the country's best value, and where to start.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
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Ribera del Duero vs Priorat: Spain's two power reds
Ribera del Duero vs Priorat compared: high-plateau Tempranillo against slate-grown Garnacha, where the power comes from, what each costs, and which to pour.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
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Rioja vs Bordeaux: a guide to the old rivalry
Rioja vs Bordeaux: how phylloxera made the two regions family, where the styles split, what release-ready ageing means for buyers, and which to pour when.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
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Rioja vs Ribera del Duero: which one for your table?
Rioja vs Ribera del Duero: same grape, two characters. Climate, style, ageing rules, food and list logic, and which to pour for which evening.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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Understanding the soils of Priorat
Llicorella is not one rock. A field guide to the slate, schist and quartz that make Priorat speak, and the slate-grown Spanish reds that let you taste the idea.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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Rioja without clichés
Rioja beyond the oak-and-vanilla caricature: how the region moved to village wines, revived its whites and looked past the ageing labels, and where to taste it.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min