By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://bodegascastromartin.com/blog/
We continue our highlights on the harvest at Bodegas Castro Martin in Spain’s Albarino country. Below is Day 4, 6 and 7 from owner Andrew McCarthy’s harvest updates.
My Very Own Harvest Supporter – Day 4
I seem to spend my time moaning about inaccurate weather forecasts, and day 4 of …
By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://bodegascastromartin.com/blog/
Only a day or so ago our local denomination office announced that the official yield for the 2011 vintage will be increased from 12,000 kilos per hectare to 13,900 kilos – an increment of some 15.8%.
I am happy to tell you that our own yields fall far below this, for one simple reason.
I was always taught that the …
By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://castromartin.blogspot.com/
I sometimes write about wine and food pairing, quite simply as I am fascinated by the subject. It’s true that there is a lot of snobbery associated with this subject, and quite rightly so. Some of the old fashioned, traditional views just don’t stack up, such as drinking red wine with fish, which can be perfectly …
By Rob Pickard
Following a record harvest and their exhausting week of all things Albariño, the sun has set on another harvest at Castro Martin, Rias Baixas. In Alto Adige the guys at Alois Lageder have let the camera do the talking, with a photo diary of fantastic images from the 2010 harvest. While keen bloggers Vinos Ambiz, were fully prepared …
By Rob Pickard
The 2010 harvest is now well underway across Europe, the grapes are being picked, the presses have been dusted down, and the crushers fired up. Following on from the excitement of the 2009 vintage, the long, busy September days are once again in full swing. Here are a few highlights of three producers from Italy and Spain I have been following, as they blog, …
By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://castromartin.blogspot.com/
We last heard from Andrew back in June when he reported that proto-grapes had started to appear on the Albarino vines. Here’s the lastest update from Galicia:
I imagine that today’s blog title might have grabbed your attention! Harvest? In July? What on earth is he talking about? Green harvest?
OK, so I confess, I don’t actually mean …
By CastroMartin, http://castromartin.blogspot.com/
Albariño - gives you wings!
The other day we made an experimental bottling, for the first time using a new, slightly lighter bottle. Believe it or not, this was as the result of a number of requests from customers wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. Of course the idea is that (depending on the configuration) a …
By CastroMartin, http://castromartin.blogspot.com/
One of the other wine blogs that I follow is that of my friend Kirk at Sandihurst Wines in New Zealand (see my list of Links). A day or two ago they picked their first grapes of the new harvest; admittedly these were Pinot Noir and not a white varietal, but they were still grapes to be used for …
