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Wine moving out
At last! On Friday 28th May, our pallet of wine (Vinos Ambiz, Young White 2009, 100% Airén, Unfiltered) began its journey to the USA.
It took me two-and-a-half months to do it, counting from the day that importer Jose Pastor came to visit the vineyard and winery and taste the wines (on 11th March).
This …
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Bottles being labelled
On Tuesday 25th May, I spent all day sticking labels onto bottles, exactly 804 labels (for the record), ie 402 front-labels and 402 back-labels. It’s our very first ever shipment abroad! Vinos Ambiz Young White, 100% Airen (not filtered, not clarified).
The following photos are a bit dark, because I …
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Yours truly at the bottle-washing station
Yes, (as per my bio on LinkedIn), yesterday I dutifully washed, sterilized, rinsed, filled with wine, and corked no …
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Happy days @VinosAmbiz
I’ve been meaning to post this post for months, but one thing after another kept cropping up and I just couldn’t find the time to write it up.
These ‘things’ included a number of wine tastings/events (which I’ve posted on below), and I’ve also been busy organizing our first ever shipment of wine to the …
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The tasting table
This time I ‘only’ drove 140 km for a glass of wine. This time to Aranda de Duero, the main town in the DO Ribera de Duero wine region.
This was the second stop on the Catavino.es On Tour series of tastings planned for all over Spain. It was held in a nice place called …
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At the fair
Next morning I slept in ‘late’, ie till 9 o’clock and was totally refreshed. I’m usually up by 7 every morning so it was lovely. We had a nice leisurely breakfast, went out to walk the dog, had a coffee on a pavement café next …
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Panoramic view of Puebla de la Sierra
Saturday, up early again for a two-hour drive up the mountains behind Madrid to La Puebla de la Sierra, for a combination of talks/conferences by organic producers from Madrid Region (including wine, …
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Crianza Labels
Last Friday 26th March I got up early so as to get to the winery as soon as possible because I knew I had an intense 3 days ahead of me. First I had to bottle and cork about 100 bottles of assorted wines: some young white (2009, 100% Airén), …
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Blooming flowers
We did more pruning over the weekend, but we’re still not done. There’s about another 300 vines to go. It’s very late in the year now, and we’ve passed the folkloric popular-wisdom deadline of 19th March, by which you’re supposed to have the pruning finished. But I think we’re OK as the buds haven’t opened yet, even though …
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Octavio (3.5) helps his Dad (me) with the pruning
Spring is Springing in the Vineyard, but General …
