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Viña Catajarros Cigales Rosado, One of Spain's Truly Great Rosé Wines

* * * * * "You ask about rosé?  Blended from tempranillo and garnacha (red grapes), verdejo and alvillo (white), the Hermanos Merino Viña Catajarros rosado ($13.99), from the Cigales region, was...

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Valdeorras: Spain's Great White Hope in The Valley of Gold

* * * * * Glass of Godello at sunset at Adegas D. Berna, Valdeorras. Photo by Gerry Dawes©2011 / gerrydawes@aol.com (None of the photos here were a part of The New York Times article.)  In Spain, the...

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Don Bernadino Mencía Joven

 * * * * * Over the past few years, La Ribeira Sacra, a barely accessible, exquisitely rural wine region in northwestern Spain's mountainous Galicia (some 350 miles northwest of Madrid), has begun to...

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Lagar de Candes Albariño, Bodegas y Viñedos Eulogio Gondar Galiñanes

* * * * * Lagar de Candes, Bodegas y Viñedos Eulogio Gondar Galiñanes, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Eulogio Gondar Galiñanes  Hazards of being an artisan grower-producer. Eulogio Gondar,...

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Bodegas Artesanas, Rías Baixas, Galicia: Avó Roxo, Cabaliero do Val, Lagar de...

Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas, Rías Baixas, Galicia “When Gerry discusses his albariños his voices rises and his enthusiasm goes into high gear, as does the prose in his tasting sheet on albariños...

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Emilio Díaz Rodríguez's Don Bernardino Mencía Tinto Joven - - "Just a classic...

* * * * * Don Bernardino, Emilio Díaz Rodríguez, Amandi (Lugo) Don Bernandino Mencía is the wine of Emilio Díaz Rodríguez, the owner of O Grelo, an excellent  regional cuisine restaurant in Monforte...

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Sabatelivs, Primitivo Lareu, Chantada (Lugo), Ribeira Sacra

* * * * * Sabatelivs, Primitivo Lareu, Chantada (Lugo) Primitivo Lareu, owner of Sabatelivs, Chantada, Ribeira Sacra.  Photo by Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com Sabatelivs (pronounced...

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Spanish Artisan Wine Group Stars from Ribeira Sacra: The most awesomely...

* * * * * Tourist boat on the Sil River in the Amandi subzone of la Ribeira Sacra.  Photograph by Gerry Dawes©2010. Contact gerrydawes@aol.com. Ribeira Sacra: A Renewed Obsession  by Chris Barnes,...

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Décima Amandi Mencia Tinto 2011 Ribeira Sacra, "one of the finest examples of...

* * * * * Décima, José Manuel Rodríguez, Vilacha (Lugo) José Manuel Rodríguez, President of the D.O. Ribeira Sacra and producer of  Décima, showing  California chef Michael Chiarello around his...

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Toalde Mencía Tinto 2010 Ribeira Sacra, From Artisan Producer Roberto Regal

* * * * * Toalde, Roberto Regal, Ribeiras do Miño (Lugo)   Roberto Regal, artisan producer of Toalde Mencía, in Ribeira Sacra vineyards  overlooking a bridge over the Miño River in Belesar near...

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Adega Manuel Formigo Grand Cru Quality Treixadura-based White Wines from...

* * * * *   Persistence of Memory* (Salvador Dalí) Five-Watch Rating Photo by Gerry Dawes©2012 / gerrydawes@aol.com  / http://www.spanishartisanwinegroup.com. Adega Manuel Formigo Cabo de Vila, 49...

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Viña Cazoga, Jorge Carnero, The Spanish Artisan Wine Group's "Wild Child"...

* * * * *   Viña Cazoga, Jorge Carnero, Amandi (Lugo) 2010 Viña Cazoga Mencía - Jorge Carnero (Ribeira Sacra) Viña Cazoga has a long history of fine wine production in the Ribeira Sacra and was once...

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"2010 Rozas Albariño. Maybe the greatest Albariño I have ever tasted - -...

* * * * * Bodegas Rozas, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Manolo Dovalo  Rozas Albariño 2010 13.5% 12/750ML $25.99 Adega Rozas is located in the village of Meaño in the Val de Salnés and is run...

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What They Are Saying & Writing About The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry...

* * * * * Spanish Wines — A Seductive New Crop Godello, mencia, and other less-than-famous Iberian grapes shine in a new selection from Spanish wine expert Gerry Dawes - - Colman Andrews, Editorial...

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Guide to The Wineries & Artisan Grower-Producers of The Spanish Artisan Wine...

* * * * * (Click on yellow headings to read more about each winery.)  Articles and Comments About The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections Castilla y León Bierzo Bodegas Adriá,...

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Cabaliero Do Val, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Francisco Dovalo

* * * * * Gerry Dawes with Francisco (“Paco”) Dovalo López, owner of Cabaleiro do Val, is the founder and president of the Asociación of Bodegas Artesanas, Rías Baixas, Galicia. The Spanish Artisan...

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Lagar de Broullón, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano José Pintos Pintos,...

* * * * * Lagar de Broullón,  Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano José Pintos Pintos Lagar de Broullon Albariño 2010 12.5% 12/750ML $23.99 Lagar de Broullón 2010 is made by José Pintos. Beautifully...

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Adegas Avó Roxo, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Antonio Gondar Moldes,...

* * * * * Adegas Avó Roxo, Meaño (Pontevedra) Bodeguero Artesano Antonio Gondar Moldes Avó Roxo Albariño 2010 13.0% 12/750ML $24.99 Avó Roxo joined the Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas in 2010 and is...

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O’ Forrollo Albariño Rías Baixas

* * * * *  Bodega Meis Otero, O’ Forrollo, Dena-Meaño (Pontevedra), Galicia Bodeguero Artesano Fernando Meis Otero   O’ Forrollo Albariño 2010 Rías Baixas 13% 12/750ML $23.99  O'Forrollo, one of the...

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The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections Arrives in US With a...

* * * * * Vineyards overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Empordá. One of the most beautiful vineyard areas in Spain.   Long-time Spanish wine expert and journalist, Gerry Dawes has finally tossed his...

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The Genesis of The Spanish Artisan Wine Group & the Documentary Robert...

  * * * * *  Although this remarkable documentary, Robert Parker's Bitch: The Movie, was widely circulated in 2009, the film is not only still very relevant today, it has turned out to be prophetic and...

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Viña Aliaga Tempranillo and Garnacha Based Wines From Navarra

* * * * * Bodegas Camino del Villar Viña Aliaga, Corella (Navarra)  (Back in Stock in September.) The wines of Carlos Aliaga and his family.   Carlos Aliaga showing his Viña Aliaga vineyards to a...

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Articles and Comments About The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes...

It has been just eight months since The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections entered the market and this is what food and wine writers are saying and writing about us. Waiting for...

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Arthur Lubow on The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections Wines

"The wines that Gerry Dawes is importing from Spain are appealing because they are affordable and yet have individual character. They haven't been smoothed out to be merely drinkable or, even worse,...

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José Andrés on The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes Selections

"You have worked on Spain like no one else.  You have done it a step at a time, little by little, but I think it is great that you are finding success (with The Spanish Artisan Wine Group - Gerry Dawes...

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