2021 Garmon in the garden outside the winery before lunch   I writing to you from the middle of Ribera Del Duero following tastings of barrels of all wineries we work with in the region. I normally do this trip immediately after Bordeaux en primeur tasting which is a very good comparison exercise as Ribera is a Spanish wine region closest to Bordeaux in style. Compared to Bordeaux, there are no bad vintages in Ribera and needles to say, the overall quality of 2024 barrel samples on display was superior to what was presented in France couple of weeks ago. …

2024 Bordeaux initial report I hope that you have all had a very fine Easter Break and enjoyed the weather as well as some good food and wine. As it had been the case for the last 30 years (where did the time go?), I have spent the week before Easter in Bordeaux at En primeur tastings. Most of you would have seen various reports by now and will probably notice that the journalists are far less enthusiastic about the vintage than it would appear from various wine merchants reports (including mine). The truth is somewhere in the middle; journalist …

Release of 2022 Aalto and 2023 Blanco   I normally release Aato in January, but this year somehow run away from me, so it got pushed aside till now. Still, better late than never and since Aalto ages very gracefully (and most of you keep it for few years), the release date should not make much difference. We have had quite a few new subscribers and for their benefit, I have included a brief history of Aalto project at the bottom of this mail.  Before I get to the wines, just a few words about the vintages.  The end of …