A group of Navarra winemakers has joined forces in a bid to improve the quality and image of the region's wines...

Prado de Irache, the estate wine of Bodegas Irache in Navarra, has gained DO Pago status...

In the spring I visited Navarra in Northern Spain for the first time. Navarra has enjoyed, from the earliest times, before as a Kingdom and now as a Statutory Community, excellent vineyards and first-class wines but is somehow forgotten...

Thoughts and notes on the red wines.

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Josh Beck Post Time: 07-10-2007 at 06:54 AM

Posted by Marc Hanes: Chivite, Bodegas Julián Navarra Gran Reserva Tempranillo 1988 $29.99 12.5% Brick red to crimson core, almost hints at brown, the broad rims become red-orange to outright yellow. Blowsy funk in the nose of mushroom, cedar, dried potpourri...

I begin with an introduction to the region, followed by my first notes, on some white, rosado and sweet wines.

This 2003 Grenache (or Garnacha)-based wine is still drinkable, yet on the way out because of its flabby constitution. Another victim of the 2003 European heat wave, the heat obviously cooked the typical Grenache vibrancy out of this wine. Color a bit dull; medium ruby, tending toward brownish at the ...

Yes, this is the town of the Running of Bulls, one of the most famous events in Spain. The great American writer Ernest Hemingway loved Pamplona for this spectacle which is part of the popular festival of San Fermin, as...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Jay Hack Post Time: 08-20-2007 at 02:49 AM