WINE AND FRIENDS

Dear friends, During my October 2024 - June 2025 stay in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid province, I had the opportunity to travel through Spain and visit interesting wine regions and wineries. To my delight, some of those trips were short because Madrid province has developed a diverse wine industry with a large assortment of wines. From small, traditional wineries, to small boutique ones, to incipient larger producers, using local and French grape varietals, the wines

Dear friends, I visited Bernabeleva with my brother Juancho and friend Jes ú s in December 2018 and created a post that you can find under Wine Trip Reports tab. This second visit, my brother-in-law Jerry and I focused on learning more about its "terroir". You will find in this post a series of videos capturing some of our improvised conversations with Juan D í ez Bulnes, the owner and founder. They were very interesting and informative and I plan to use some of them as ma

Malbec is a grape varietal native of France. In the past it was a major component of Bordeaux wines but it gave way to more Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot due to its susceptibility to frost and fungal infections. Cahors, East of Bordeaux, remained loyal to Malbec and became its home. See below the location of Cahors in Southwestern France: Cahors is a beautiful medieval town worth visiting. It i s located in a rural and quaint region and has roman and medieval monuments in

Dear friends, See below this new review of wines presently available in the Chairman's Selection section of the Pennsylvania state stores. Needless to say, if you have any comment or question send me an email. Wine tasting and rating has objective and subjective preference components and I love contrasting opinions. Cheers! Ricardo Llovet Clos Pegase 2022, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley This wine comes from Calistoga in the upper Napa Valley where Close Pegase is a highly r