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Having ‘looked’ and ‘sniffed’ the wine then we taste. Our palates enable us to identify the different characteristics of the wine; the dryness (totally, semi or sweet), body or weight (light, medium or full), acidity (low, moderate or sharp), with red wine the tannins (soft,

Garnacha is a Spanish grape variety known as Grenache in France. It is often overlooked and not held in the same esteem as the illustrious Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Syrah. However, in the hands of good winemakers around the world superb wines are

Judging in Wine Competitions is harder than it sounds.  Recently I was invited to be on the panal for the II Concurso Oficial de Vinos PROAVA 2017, which took place over three days in late March, in the wine tasting rooms at the University Polytechnic of