“545″ Wine Tasting – A Vinous Tour of Spain

Posted by josh on Apr 20, 2012 in Spain, Special Events and Tastings, Tastings and Events | 0 comments Spain is large country with a long history of wine production – just click on the map below, and you’ll see that the vine is planted east to west and north to south.  We’ll explore wines from some of the more well known regions along with some of Spain’s lesser known regions and grape varieties.  The common theme is that they all taste great! The tasting runs from 4:00...
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Wine Of The Week

Posted by josh on Mar 25, 2012 in Spain | 0 comments 2010 Hermanos Pecina Rioja Joven Founded in 1992 by Pedro Pecina Crespo, this is one of my favorite new additions to Table Wine’s Spanish arsenal of wines.  Prior to founding his own winery, Pedro managed the vineyards of La Rioja Alta, one of the region’s most famous, for nearly 20 years. All of Pedro’s vineyards are farmed organically and all of the fruit is hand harvested to...
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Perucchi Vermouth

Posted by josh on Feb 24, 2012 in Spain | 0 comments I don’t claim to be a “Vermouth sophisticate”, but as Forrest Gump knows what love is, I know what good wine is!  It is claimed by the Perucchi clan that this is Spain’s first Vermouth, and it is produced in Spanish Catalan – Barcelona to be more exact.  As my good friend The Wine Mule says, “it is made from best-quality white wine with more than 50...
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Spanish Selections from Andre Tamers

Posted by josh on Feb 13, 2012 in Friday Winedowns, Spain, Tastings and Events | 0 comments How many of you know that one of the best importers of Spanish wines resides in our state?  Chapel Hill based Andre Tamers is the man behind De Maison Selections, and he knows how to pick the good stuff!  Andre’s wines are featured on some of the best wine lists and in some of the best wines shops in the country, and we are proud to stock a wide selection of his wines.  His focus is...
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A Frothy Spanish White Wine

Posted by josh on Jun 9, 2011 in Spain | 0 comments 2010 Avinyo Vi D’Agulla Penedes, Spain Table Wine is South Asheville’s best wine store, and we never shy away from stocking wines that require some salesmanship, especially when they are this good.  Avinyo wines are produced by the Esteve Nadal family (no relation to Rafael) in the Penedes region, near Barcelona.  Most of their vineyards were planted 50 or so years ago, and the...
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Monastrell Madness!!!

Posted by josh on Nov 23, 2010 in Spain | 0 comments 2003 Primitivo Quiles Raspay Reserva  Many customers have spent a considerable amount of time staring at this bottle of wine at the store.  It has probably one of the most confusing labels in the history of wine labels, so I’m here today to de-mystify it and write about it.  The name of the producer is Primitivo Quiles and the proprietary name of the wine is “Raspay...
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