Als ich vor 2 Jahren im Restpostenkorb eines Lebensmittelmarktes eine deutlich reduzierte Flasche Frühburgunder des Spitzenweinguts Jean Stodden fand, musste ich einfach zulangen. In der Hoffnung ein passender Anlass würde sich bald finden legte ich diese Flasche in den Keller. Frühburgunder sagt man allerdings nach er könne nicht so lange altern wie sein Bruder der Spätburgunder, und so langsam sorgte ich mich, dass ich auch meine Flasche viel zu sehr vor ihrem Schicksal beschütze. (more…)
Month: September 2007
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A Drive through Priorato
During our small road trip through Eastern Spain we seized the occasion and drove through one of the most interesting wine regions of the moment. Priorato is located approximately 150 Km Southwest of Barcelona next to the river Ebro. The region is mostly mountainous and the vines are growing on rather steep slopes within a dramatic landscape. Taking the tiny roads can be dizzying, especially when they are winding around these steep slopes and a local follows closeby and nearly pushes your car.
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We drove through Gratallops, Torroja and Porrera, 3 villages where some famous winemakers such as René Barbier (Clos Mogador), Alvaro Palacios, Rotllan Torra and Cims de Porrera have their cellars.
The interesting story concerning this region is that it was already on the way to disappear from the wine map, when 20 years ago, French winemaker René Barbier came there and realized the potential of old Carinena vines within this microclimate. Since then, the region is booming and makes some of the most (more…) -
El Poblet: New Spanish Avantgarde
Although I’ve been several times in Denia before, it is only OAD’s post that informed me about the existence of a gastronomic hotspot there. So one week after we’ve been to EL Bulli, we spontaneously went to EL Poblet – that’s the name of chef Quique Dacostas’ restaurant on Las Marinas road km3 in Denia – Soon to be one of the better-known culinary destinations of Spain and Europe. Quique Dacosta is known as a young, 35 years old chef who (more…)