The Wine Station Blog

Tenerife is the largest and most central of the seven Canary Islands, 2,000 km (1,240 m) from Madrid but 100 to 400 km from the coast of Africa.  The tropical climate with a mean year-round temperature of 22 ºC (71.6 ºF) and long sunny days attracts six million tourists a year, mainly from the UK and Germany. Some producers claim that Tenerife is the...

...this wicker basket by the way is called a fiasco in Italian - an apt description of the juice contained therein...

The late, great Tomas Clancy, at a dinner featuring the Roisin Curley wines a couple of years ago turned around to Roisin after tasting them and said to her: you could charge double what you are charging for these, much to the chagrin of the sales rep for the distribution company, also sitting at the table.   It may seem slightly obscene to suggest...

Ribera del Duero was bestowed the designation of Denomination of Origin in 1982. The Regulatory Council endorses the authenticity and quality of the protected wines with its seal and a numbered back label. Ribera del Duero is home to the most exclusive red wines in Spain coveted by collectors the world over. The locals call Tempranillo “Tinto Fino” because its different from other regions...

He is wildly charismatic and an electrifying presence. As Jancis Robinson put it: I love Alvaro's unusual combination of impishness, innovation & determination to prioritise wine quality above all else. As well as this though, his origin story is unique, expansive and fascinating. Alvaro was born in 1964, 7th of 9 children, in La Rioja in the family winery Palacios Remondo, which had been...