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How to Turn Vinegar into Wine!
Filed under: Alcoholic beverage, Ancient Egypt, General Thoughts, New York Times, United States, Vinegar, wine, Wine bottle, wine tasting

Usually when we think of a wine tasting like vinegar, it’s a bad thing. You open the bottle, the smell attacks your nose and you know immediately that the wine ...

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Posted 13 days ago by abadiablog
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Cool Autumn Breezes Carry in Spanish Wine Fairs
Filed under: Events, Food, Hong Kong, New York, Ribera del Duero, spain, spanish wine, United States, wine, wine fairs

´Tis the season of wine wine wine. Every fall, the world of wine fairs comes alive as winemakers eagerly wait for the opportunity to present their new vintages to the ...

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Posted 19 days ago by abadiablog
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Election Day Food and Wine Pairing
Filed under: Announcements, Cuvee Palamor Seleccion Especial, Food, menu, Ribera del Duero, Rivola, spanish wine, usa election 2008, Wines

It’s Election Day in the USA and it’s just about all I can do to keep my nerves in check and get through the day before waiting out the long ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by abadiablog
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2008 Harvest Has Begun!
Filed under: harvest 2008, Harvest Notes, Ribera del Duero, spain, winemaking

No matter how long I have been out of school, I still think of this season as the start of a new semester and really, the beginning of the year. ...

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Posted 5 weeks ago by abadiablog
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The Merging of Haute Architecture and Spanish Wine
Filed under: Frank Gehry, Hotel, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, spanish architecture, spanish wine, Tourism

Besides the fact that they are both culturally significant, who would have thought that wine and architecture, of all things, would go so swimmingly together? It used to be that ...

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Posted 6 weeks ago by abadiablog
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Kosher Wine in Spain
Filed under: jews in Spain, judaism, kosher grapes, kosher wine, mevushal wines, News, spanish kosher wine, Wine Education

A Jewish friend reminded me the other day that it was Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, with a cheerful “shana tova ”, the typical greeting of this holiday. ...

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Posted 7 weeks ago by abadiablog
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Beyond Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter and Savory Flavors, We Now Have Calcium-y
Filed under: bitter, calcium, microbio research, News, palate, salty, savory, sour, sweet, taste buds, wine tasting

Have you ever tasted a wine and found it to have a slightly mineral flavor? Mineral qualities can be quite common to wine, and for me they tend to reflect ...

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Posted 9 weeks ago by abadiablog
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Abadia Retuerta Wine Event at the Raquel Ponce Gallery in Madrid
Filed under: abadia retuerta cuvee palomar, abadia retuerta event, arco, art, art triangle of marid, cabernet sauvignon, caixa forum, Events, jorge pineda, madrid, raquel ponce gallery, reina sofia, Tempranillo, venice biennale, Wines

Last Wednesday, September 17th, I had the opportunity to attend a delightful event that was the product of the collaboration between the venerable Raquel Ponce Gallery in Madrid and Abadía ...

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Posted 9 weeks ago by abadiablog
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Can Spanish Wine Eventually Gain Exposure Through Amazon.Com?
Filed under: Amazon, direct wine sales, News, online wine sales, Ribera del Duero, spanish wine, Spanish wine sales, Spanish wine shopping, ultramarinos

In Spain, and even in the United States, I really feel like I’ve seen the way that wine is sold and presented for sale go full circle – even in ...

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Posted 11 weeks ago by abadiablog
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Abadia Retuerta’s Hedge Museum to be Opened Next Year!
Filed under: abadia retuerta, Documenta, german sculpture, Hotel, Ribera del Duero, the hedge museum, Tourism, Ulrich Rϋckriem, Venice Biennial

In addition to the rehabilitation of our 12th century abbey and its conversion into a luxurious hotel, other projects that are currently underway here at Abadía Retuerta include the creation ...

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Posted 12 weeks ago by abadiablog
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