Catavino: Wine of the Week with Some Odds and Ends
RichardA
· 1 year ago
For those in the US, Bin Ends (in Massachusetts) carries the 1998 Gravonia for $24. I just picked up from Bin Ends a couple bottles of the 1997 Vina Tondonia Rosado (also $24) . I would also highly recommend that wine too. Vina Tondonia is am amazing winery.
Ryan Opaz
· 1 year ago
Did you get to visit them? We have a bottle of the rosado in the fridge, might be time to open it up soon! Before Winter is fully upon us! I do love it! The best part too with all their wines is that they are sooooo food friendly, unlike so many of the monsters that "modern rioja" is producing today.
RichardA
· 1 year ago
Unfortunately I did not get to visit them. I agree with you that they are very food friendly too. The winery certainly is not catering to the more modern styles of wine. It is so good to see a traditional producer who is sticking to tradition.
Monvinic does require credit for extending an olive branch to Ryan. Alot of places would not do that. Next time I'm in Barcelona (Please God, hopefully soon!), I'll swing by as well.
I absolutely love the town of Briones. Had a chance to visit Finca Allende last Fall. Methinks I need to try this Gravonia. Sounds delicious.
Lastly, hopefully the Iberian wine map will be made available soon to those of us in the good ol' USA. I would love a copy so I can map out where I'll go when I retire in 30-40 years!
Gabriella Opaz
· 1 year ago
Actually Arch, it is available to you! Just stop by Steve De Long's site and you can order through him online, as he's based in the USA :-)
Morten Pedersen
· 1 year ago
You have a lot of great wine info on your blog. I do love reading it when I have time to relax with a glass of wine.
Gabriella Opaz
· 1 year ago
Morten, Thank you! Clearly this is our goal, and there is not better compliment than having someone say they actually chill out and enjoy a glass of wine while perusing Catavino. Cheers!
Sherry
· 1 year ago
A 10 Euro wine tasting like a 50 Euro wine - well thats good to hear becuase by the time it reaches England it probably will cost 50 Euros and thank God it tastes like 50 Euros!
GVG
· 1 year ago
I'm so glad you went back. I met "Isabelle the French sommelier" as well and she was also one of the people who assisted in picking out all those great wines for me. We laughed about how as french Speakers we can discern cantalonian because of all the similarities to french words.
All Comments
We have a bottle of the rosado in the fridge, might be time to open it up soon! Before Winter is fully upon us! I do love it!
The best part too with all their wines is that they are sooooo food friendly, unlike so many of the monsters that "modern rioja" is producing today.
from my point of view Gravonia and white Tondonia shows a great performance with meats. They've got the kind of acidity and structure that allows them to be a great sip not only with fishes as expected.
As you did, IMHO, it's a great pairing for suckling pig and lamb.
Regarding the Rosado, bear in mind that it's a really unusual rosé we can find in Spain, therefore no worries about drinking it in autumn or winter. In fact I use to do this way ;) paired with warmer dishes, for instance a mushroom risotto.
Cheers,
Jose-Luis Gimenez
I absolutely love the town of Briones. Had a chance to visit Finca Allende last Fall. Methinks I need to try this Gravonia. Sounds delicious.
Lastly, hopefully the Iberian wine map will be made available soon to those of us in the good ol' USA. I would love a copy so I can map out where I'll go when I retire in 30-40 years!
Thank you! Clearly this is our goal, and there is not better compliment than having someone say they actually chill out and enjoy a glass of wine while perusing Catavino. Cheers!