That’s how Deborah Hansen, of Taberna de Haro, introduces her faithful clients to the wonders of Spanish rosé wines. Below is her letter to friends who might like to join her in this autumn’s wine seminar on the wonders of this fruity, crisp wine.
Dear Wine Tasters,
Welcome back to Wednesday night Wine Seminars at Taberna […]
This is the first in a series of “Wineglass Travel” by Deborah Hansen of Taberna de Haro tapas restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts.
I feel like I took “Aerolineas Mas Roig” to Monsant, that lovely D.O. in Spain that often plays second fiddle its more-renown […]
We could spend hours alone just tasting and discussing albarino, that beautiful varietal that is subtly tropical and boldly mineral from Rias Baixas, Galicia. I love her miracle - a grape grown in a cool and rainy place on the Atlantic that expresses sunshine through aromas of passion fruit, pineapple, and lychee. Old trellises lift […]
A few days ago, I came across some notes from the EWBC, the European Wine Bloggers Conference, that I had attended this past autumn in Lisbon. During one of the sessions, I had begun to write down some random thoughts and responses to what participants were saying. I reread them now, and realized that some […]
After 48 hours of mulling, having returned to Madrid from my whirlwind trip to Lisbon to attend the II European Wine Bloggers Conference. My first thought is how much I regret not having stayed on there in these past two days to enjoy the trips to the wineries, such as Quinta do Vallado, the stay […]
Part I
Following on a lively presentation by Ryan Opal of Catavino, we begin the evening with a tasting of sweet wines from Jerez de la Frontera and listen to a brief talk about the wine fair Vinoble 2010 to take place in Jerez in an Arabic castle […]
Yesterday evening I had a lovely and lively meal thanks to the organization of the European Wine Bloggers Conference and Gemelli restaurant in Lisbon. And especially thanks to hosts Ryan and Gabriella Opaz, of Catavino. The prix fix tasting menu was paired with a wide assortment of Portuguese wines, all of them unknown to me […]
A summer heat wave has finally hit Boston, and as it washes over us in damp ripples, I’m finding only one antidote to the sticky haze: Txakoli, that lovely, bracing white from the Basque Country. My favorite this summer is by Bodegas Gurrutxaga, from […]
Deep into Priorat
I keep getting requests for a Priorat Winetasting, and as luck would have it, Priorat is the very region I visited this past summer of 2008 on my yearly sojourn to Spain. It is indeed a region on fire — innovation woven like golden threads through the one-thousand year old tapestry of vinicultural […]
Deborah Hansen
Taberna de Haro
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CVNE was the wine you ordered at the asador (grill restaurant) when you didn’t know what else to order and you knew you’d get a reliable if unadventurous crianza. That was a decade or two ago, before Robert Parker made wealthy men and women out of vintners who figured […]
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