Tinto y Blanco- Adventures in Spanish Wine

Back in the saddle….

By Dave Worthington ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

coit towerAfter a month or so break, I’m back with more tasting notes. I’ve spent the last month or so traveling around lesser known parts of Idaho and Utah (with a quick stop in San Francisco) and recovering from a bout of swine flu, but there has been a few Spanish and Portuguese wine moments along the way. A few high lights: Tasting most of the big name 2007 vintage ports (do believe the hype in most cases, its a great vintage), drinking MartinCodax Albarino while my Mormon hosts look on in horror and disdain, and eating Mexican food in California.

Tinto y Blanco is 2

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 2, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments

Doesn’t time fly? 2 years on and the site is still expanding and gaining new readers all the time. I must say I’m chuffed with the response to the site, the level of support from the importers,the industry and everyone interested in Spanish and Portugese wine. So a big thanks to everyone. As a way of saying thanks I’ve arranged a bit of a give away over here. Make sure you click on this link to enter.

Have a guess and win some wine

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 2, 2008 ⋅ 43 comments

So all you have to do is guess the number of corks in the box, you can click on the image to get a bigger image if you think that will help. Put your guess in a comment on this post and you’re in with a chance of winning a nice little six pack of wines.

Iberian wine in Australia, Two years on.

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ 10 comments

Is it just me or is Spanish wine starting to take off all over again? Or perhaps its a second wind. Whatever it is, there are plenty of new wines in the market this year from both Spain and Portugal. The good thing for buyers of Spanish wine is the broad range of wines that are now available and there is some competition at the lower end of the market.

The joy of closure

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

I’d heard a bit about this wine before it was released: a $15 Albarino in screwcap from Vintage Cellars. It will sell by the truckload if it’s any good, I thought. Then Larry posted a comment after tasting a bottle, and it sounds quite good indeed. So I made a rare trip to my [...]

Wordpress upgrade Completed

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 23, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5.1 today. So if you find something weird on the site, let me know…

Back from NZ

By Dave Worthington ⋅ March 25, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

New Zealand is such a hard place to leave, great weather, food, views and a big range of Spanish wines at much lower prices than Australia thanks to a much more reasonable tax structure. Oh well, back to work. I should have a bunch of new stuff in to look at later in the week, [...]

Feliz Semana Santa

By Dave Worthington ⋅ March 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I'm off to New Zealand over Easter, hopefully without Internet or a phone. So their will be no posts on Tinto y Blanco until next week. Anyway have a safe and happy Easter.

Yarra Valley Tempranillo

By Dave Worthington ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

I took a short drive out to the Yarra Valley today, mainly to take a few photos but ended up tasting a few local Tempranillos after it started to rain about 30 minutes after I got there. I got some ok cloud shots though. I'll give a free subscription to Tinto y Blanco to anyone [...]

More to come

By Dave Worthington ⋅ January 10, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Things are a bit slow this time of year, but not to worry I'm still here drinking Spanish wine. i kicked the year off with a 40 wine tasting yesterday afternoon, but the tasting pile is empty at the moment. I've got some new stuff on the way, plus a few cellar dwellers ready for [...]

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