Urbina Rioja Dinner with winemaker Pedro Urbina Wednesday 14th October 2015 @ Lysses House Hotel, High Street Fareham, Maplink On Wednesday 14th October 2015 we were lucky enough to have a visit from Bodegas Urbina winemaker Pedro Urbina and his representative in the UK, Edward Burridge of Burridges of Arlington Street, specialist importers of Spanish […]
Urbina Rioja Winemakers Dinner 2015
with winemaker Pedro Urbina Wednesday 14th October 2015 7.15 for a prompt start at 7.30pm @ Lysses House Hotel High Street Fareham Maplink Tickets £37.50 per person in advance only from Lysses House Hotel T: 01329 822622. This is one for Rioja-philes! The evening will consist of a 3 course dinner with all courses matched […]
Celler Cal Pla
Celler Cal Pla is based in the village of Porrera in the heart of the Priorat wine-growing region which itself is located in the south-west of Catalonia. Priorat is a designated as a Denomenacion de Origen Calificada (DOC), the highest category in Spanish wine law, and is one of only two regions granted this status, […]
Tobelos Rioja
Tobelos Bodegas y Vinedos Bodegas Tobelos is a relatively new wine project in Rioja which was founded in late 1999 through the hard work and vision of current manager Ricardo Reinoso. Reinoso, who has many years’ experience in managing wineries in the Rioja Denominacion de Origen, brought together investors from around the world who shared […]
Lightweight Wine Bottles versus Heavyweight Wine Bottles
Lightweight Wine Bottles: The Way Forward? I am for producers using lightweight wine bottles. You may have noticed a trend in recent years for premium and super-premium wines to be presented in heavier and heavier bottles. It seems to be generally accepted that a lightweight bottle is around 300g, and this amount of glass, dark […]
Navazos Niepoort Joint Venture
Navazos Niepoort This an interesting wine. Now there’s a understatement. This is a joint venture between Dirk Niepoort, of Douro wine and Port fame, and the Spanish company Equipo Navazos who are a top end Sherry negociant buying and selling barrels of Sherry. It is said that this wine is a good representation of how […]
Urbina Rioja
Urbina Rioja – A Family Owned Rioja House Bodegas Urbina is a small family-owned and run Rioja producer located in the Rioja Alta sub-region of Rioja, Spain. This Single Estate winery was founded in 1870 and is currently run by fourth generation winemaker Pedro Urbina Jr. The Urbina Estate comprises of some 75 hectares (182) […]
Borsao Garnacha
I have always been a fan of wines from Bodegas Borsao from the Spanish wine-growing region of Campo de Borja ever since we used to sell one of their wines in the 1990s which Robert Parker rated around 95 points, which was pretty unheard of for a wine costing around £5 a bottle. We have […]
Celler Cal Pla
Red wine from Priorat Find Cal Pla Tinto Crianza at our website here. Cal Pla is a red wine from the Priorat wine-growing region of north east Spain made by Celler de Joan Sangenis, one of the oldest grape-growing families in Priorat. It is classified as a Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa), the highest level […]
Sherry in The News
Fame at last. If you ever wondered what I looked like, here you go! A good plug for Fareham Wine Cellar and Sherry. An article which appeared in The News (Portsmouth) on Tuesday 13th November 2011. Fareham Wine Cellar Sherry Article Just a little bit of information about Sherry, try condensing that subject into 300 […]
Galician Wines
We have just taken delivery of some great new Spanish wine from Galicia sourced from some relatively unknown DOs (Dominacion de Origen). Most wine enthusiasts will be familiar with wine from Galicia due to Albarino, which is without question, the most famous Galician wine. Albarino is the main grape variety of the North West of […]
Urbina Reserva Especial Rioja available from Fareham Wine Cellar
Urbina Wines at Fareham Wine Cellar Bodegas Benito Urbina is a family-owned, single estate winery with 75 Ha. of vineyards. Four generations have been dedicated to the cultivation of their vineyards and the production quality wines. We have been importing and selling their wines for over 10 years. I like the style, they produce traditional […]
