Final post from the winefest and I finally get a chance to try Angel Léon’s stuff at the Taberna del Chef del Mar. And it is absolutely top drawer stuff too. The garbanzos con puntillitas (I recommend the puntillitas), the solomillo of atun, the caneloni, the salazones, brilliant from start to finish, and all washed down … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 8 – the Afterparty (Taberna Chef del Mar)
Some final great memories from the Cuatrogatos Wine Fest in Puerto de Santa Maria. Hard to believe that it is already a couple of weeks ago (a fine testament to the velocity with which I write up my posts). It was billed as wine and laughter and vice versa and delivered on both promises. For a … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 7 – The winemakers
More shocking blogging here – thought I had saved it as a draft and in fact it has been posted for the last two days with nary a word of explanation. I might just bluff it out and claim it was a trailer – might work. Anyway this is a wine I have been after … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 6 – Bodega de Forlong 80/20
Pretty shambolic blogging effort here – note how I cut one of the four bottles out of the picture. The Pandorga 2015, no less. To be honest though I was most interested in the new UBE Maína 2016. The original UBE, the exceptional unfortified 100% palomino (the 2014 pictured in the centre above) is from … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 5 – Cota 45
I have written about these wines before but would never miss the opportunity to have another dig, so when I heard the capsule coming off from across the room – even early doors – my feet seemed to move by themselves. First the Fino 2013, a wine with a massive range from low to high, … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 4 – the Barajuelas
The second cata at the Cuatrogatos Wine Fest, lead by the man himself, Federico Ferrer, was short and sweet. At least it was for me: short because I overdid the siesta and rocked up an hour late, and sweet because, well, the wines were sweet, as were the little crumbly pastries we swigged them down … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 3 – Cakes and cream in the afternoon
There is a lot to like about Armando Guerra’s Zerej releases, of which this is the second. The first volume would be a few years ago now and was something of a pioneer: a boxed set of four magnums of wines for with different amounts of biological ageing, accompanied by an explanatory booklet. The idea … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 2 – Zerej Volume II
The Cuatrogatos Wine Fest was an absolute blast and there were fantastic wines everywhere you looked, but for me the highlight of the day was the unveiling of the “Mayeteria Sanluqueña”. The project, the brainchild of Ramiro Ibañez, is aimed at encouraging and helping mayetos, or the small scale owner/growers who traditionally supply fruit to the … Continue reading CGWF17: Part 1 – Mayeteria Sanluqueña
Otro año mas han vuelto, los grandes, grandes gatos de tan selecto club, organizando lo que viene a ser el evento de vino de este y cualquier otro año – el Cuatrogatos Wine Fest IV. Sera este sábado, 16 de febrero, en la Hacienda el Pinar del Puerto de Santa Maria, y como en anteriores … Continue reading Cuatrogatos Wine Fest IV
In my opinion Barbadillo don’t get the credit they deserve and I am not sure why. They produce quality wines across the range, the Solear en rama series is a masterpiece, Pastora is a gem and lately they have been producing some really interesting stuff: the Beta bubbly and Nude tintilla to start with but … Continue reading Manzanilla Arboledilla Levante y Poniente
