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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

The April 10, 2019 Event: Grandes Pagos de Espana: get-together with unique single estate wines.

 
The Date and Time:  Wednesday April 10, 2019   4PM to 7:30PM
The Event: Grandes Pagos de Espana: get-together with unique single estate wines.
The Venue: Wine Academy
The Target Audience: variety of guests, mostly consumers with money, some writers and sommeliers.
The Availability/Catalogue: in general, wines are available by consignment or private order. The catalogue was a booklet with a good-sized history of the Estate plus details on the one wine that each had submitted.
The Quote/Background: There are 30 members of the GPDE, and 17 turned out for this event with a variety of salespeople or agency reps.
The Wines: 18 wines were poured (9 whites, 9 reds). Prices are retail.
 
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Valdespino Fino Inocente Jerez $25.95  [7 yrs on lees]   Azureau
-Gramona III Lustros 2012 Cava Penedes $60   Brix & Mortar Wine Co.
-Belondrade y Lurton 2017 Rueda  No Ontario representative
-Propiedad de Arinzano Gran Vino Blanco Pago de Arinzano 2014 [chardonnay] $100  Mark Anthony
-Finca Valpiedra Reserva 2012 Rioja $46.99  Stem Wine Group
-Pago de Vallegarcia Hipperia 2015 Vino de la Tierra de Castilla  ~30Euros [Bordeaux blend]  No Ontario representative
-Mais Doix Salanques 2016 Priorat $74.95  [G-C-S]  Rogers & Co
-Aalto 2016 Ribera del Duero $85.81   Trialto
 
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Alvear 3 Miradas Vino de Pueblo 2017 Montilla Moriles $22.95  Family Wine Merchants
-Astobiza 2018 Txakoli de Alava $21.95  [grape: ondarrabi zuri]   Wine Online
-Mustiguillo Finca Calvestra 2017 [grape: merseguera]  No Ontario representative
-Propiedad de Arinzano Hacienda de Arizza 2017 Pago de Arinzano [chardonnay] ~$25  Mark
Anthony
-Chivite Coleccion 125 Blanco 2016 Navarra $70 [chardonnay] Churchill Cellars
-Palacio Quemado La Zarcita 2016 Vino de la Tierra de Extamadura $22.95  Family Wine Merchants
-Enrique Mendoza Estrecho 2015 Alicante $47.95 [monastrell]  LCBO
-Abadia Retuerta Pago Negralada 2015 Vino de la Tierra Castilla y Leon [tempranillo]  $130 Consignment   Halpern
-Bodegas Mauro 2016 Vino de la Tierra Castilla y Leon $67.95  Rogers & Co.
-San Roman 2015 Toro $52  Rogers & Co.
 
The Food: spoons of tortilla, potatoes and eggs; charcuterie boards, cheeses, Armenian sesame-poppy cracker bread; white anchovy open-faced sandwiches.
The Downside: it was very dark, took me more than half an hour for my eyes to adjust.
The Upside: a chance to taste some high-end Spanish estate wines.
The Contact Person: cschatzmann@grandespagos.com
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 87
 
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