Canada is a priority market for the European and Spanish wine sector and in 2015 was the fourth destination of European exports reaching 780 million euros. After seven years of negotiations, the European Council President, Donald Tusk, signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada this weekend (30.10.2016). News from [...]
Italy confirms this year its position as a first world producer, followed by France and Spain. Last week the OIV presented references about estimated world wine production in 2016 at 25.9 billion liters, a decrease of 5% if we compare to 2015. In 2016, Italy confirmed its position as the world's leading producer (48.8 million [...]
Els Igols 2006, wine from old vines, participates in Asia's most prestigious wines contest. We already know the results of the prestigious competition Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2016 (DAWA 2016). Els Igols 2006 has won a bronze medal with a score of 88 points. Made from old vines planted in slopes with slate floors, Els [...]
The South Australia University, in collaboration with Spanish scientists, develops an electronic tongue that analyzes the quality of wine and its ageing Scientists have developed an electronic tongue that reveals the age of a wine, the type of barrel used and its quality. Although not the first to be created, this electronic tongue does represent [...]
Peñín group has recently released the 27th edition of the Spanish Wine Guide, a guide that references 225 wines from DO Montsant. The guide, the most influential in Spain, values as Excellent or Very Good 99% of the wines from DO Montsant that have been submitted to the analysis of their tasting team. There are [...]