Tag Archives: Tempranillo

100-Year-Old Wine Producer Makes Rioja Wine From Old Vines

Posted on October 5, 2024 by damewine

The tiny, precious hands of the little girl were shaking as she held on to the trunk of a baby Tempranillo grape vine while her grandmother pushed dirt into the hole where the young vine was being held so they … Continue reading →

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Rioja Wine Producer Showcases Wine Vertical Going Back To 1970

Posted on August 13, 2023 by damewine

As the guests sporadically entered the space, there was a slight gasp and each had to remind themselves to continue to breathe, as the room was on the top floor of the 50 story Ritz-Carlton in the middle of Manhattan. … Continue reading →

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Winery Pays Top Dollar To Harvest Grapes, Making One Of The Greatest Wines In The World

Posted on May 6, 2023 by damewine

The sun lit up golden highlights in the light brown hair piled up in a bun at the top of the young woman’s head. She was fiercely focused on her task as she wore dark gardening gloves that went up … Continue reading →

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Spanish Premium Wine Region Commits To 100% Tempranillo Wines

Posted on July 13, 2022 by damewine

The incredible smells of thick steaks cooking over a wood fire fueled by grapevines encourage drool to form at the guests’ mouths as they eagerly wait in anticipation for a meal of a lifetime. The large centuries-old kitchen had festive … Continue reading →

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Top Wine Region In Spain Using Old Technique Of ‘Layering’ Century-Old Vines

Posted on March 21, 2022 by damewine

José Antolín grew up in a small village in Spain, home of only a few hundred people during the 1930s to 1950s; even today, only around 250 people still reside there. Like many of their neighbors, his family was dirt … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Ageability Of Wines Made From The Tempranillo Grape Variety

Posted on January 22, 2022 by damewine

As a group of friends gathered together to celebrate a special 50th birthday back in the first month of 2020, before Covid took a stranglehold on the world, the anticipation of a 50-year-old wine about to be poured started to … Continue reading →

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Wine Grape Growers Take Leap To Make Fine Wines In A Spanish Wine Region Dominated By Icons

Posted on January 13, 2022 by damewine

Crouched down near the ground, a sharp pain went up his knees and lower back as weathered hands reached out to old grape vines, around 50 years old, to harvest the few bunches of concentrated Tempranillo grape bunches that looked … Continue reading →

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The Iconic Wines From Spain Produced By Embracing The Failures That Lead To The Path To Perfection

Posted on November 10, 2021 by damewine

A young Spanish man from a family with an extremely successful business tried to define his life during his college years. His keen mind, filled with a strong curiosity for a wide range of subjects, at first put him on … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Accomplishment is to be Yourself Against All Odds

Posted on June 18, 2017 by damewine

To be yourself is not such an easy task… especially considering it takes a while to get to know who the heck we are… and even that can be a lifetime process. Sometimes we rebel against what was presented in … Continue reading →

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Better Sense of Community Over a Glass of Ribera del Duero Wine

Posted on May 13, 2017 by damewine

Many people ask me why I am so obsessed with wine. How can I spend so much time researching it, talking about it, dreaming about it? Well, everything that drives us in our lives is usually connected to some unresolved … Continue reading →

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