Today after a one week hiatus weâre back with an interview with Adrienne Smith. For about 6 months now she has been helping out to contribute to Catavino.net with articles on regions, grapes and more. This week I had a chance to sit down and talk to her about her recent certification as a Sommelier here in Spain. I hope you enjoy our chat and learn a bit about what it takes to study about wine...

This week we bring you an interview with Bryce McNamee of Boutique Wine Collection . I had the chance to interview him down at Vinoble. Mainly we discuss his business, the perception of Spanish wine in the US market, and touch on other issues, like tourism, and emerging wine regions...

âJoin in our exploration of Port wine, steeped in century old traditions. Oporto (English for Porto ), and its sister city, Vila Nova de Gaia across the river, provide the historical perspective before we head up river to the enchanting Douro River Valley . We offer our discerning guests an ...

Laurie Macdonald is the Executive Director for VQA Ontario and was recently interviewed in a frugal oenophile podcast . It’s about 25 minutes long, and the first half is largely boilerplate questions (”What value does the VQA offer?”) but there was an interesting idea that emerged in the second half, ...

The Spanish Table is a US based retail operation with 4 locations on the west coast. If your not on the west coast, no problem, they ship anywhere they can! Today I talk with one of the people involved with the Spanish Table, Andy Booth. We talk about wine, food, ...

Steve DeLong and his wife Deborah have given us a gift in their passion for wine. By creating the Wine Grape Varietal table we have a resource that didn't exsist before and now that it does it helps others to fall in love with wine as they move through it's ...

Back when I started Catavino, I realized that I better find some good information on the subject. Starting with Spanish wine, I did a quick search on Amazon to find what information was available. Unfortunately, what I found was several outdated books along with a few new releases. Type in ...

Part One in a two part series we hope this is a favortie. Abadia Retuerta is an up and coming wine bodega with potential that may in the end be equaled by no one else. Take incredible terroir of the  Duero valley here in Spain and put it with the ...

Today we talk to Alvaro Perez Navazo the sales and marketing director for Abadia Retuerta. Basically we wander through the vineyards looking at the vines, seeing the production facilities, and learning about what makes Abadia different. A lot was talked about and I hope you enjoy the loose nature of ...

On Friday morning I was interviewed on the Martha Stewart Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. I talked to Lauren Pressley on the Morning Living Program. I talked about how to make wine out of fresh blackberries that are ripe now. I also plugged the website , talked about Jour de Fete, Fresno State, all sorts of goodies. They are sending me a copy of the interview, so maybe I'll post it here...