Working flat out, starting significantly earlier than last year, yet sooner than a normal campaign, the harvest at Familia Martínez Bujanda is almost complete in La Mancha. At Finca Antigua, where we started with the Muscatel on August 11th, we expected to finish by the middle of September. Harvest is now over in the Rueda region; at Finca … [Read more...] about Fewer, but great wines from Familia Martínez Bujanda in Rueda, La Rioja and La Mancha
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A barrel-aged wine, please… Moving towards recognising the origin of wines
The opinion leader and “Master of Wine”, Tim Atkin, resorted to using the metaphor of the 'Sleeping lion' - a crag in the Sierra de Cantabria mountain range which takes this shape when viewed from Logroño – in order to describe the current situation of the La Rioja denomination of origin and of Spanish wine. The 'lion' is stirring and, for example, … [Read more...] about A barrel-aged wine, please… Moving towards recognising the origin of wines
Very high expectations for the harvest despite the frosts and drought
The 2017 vintage will be remembered as one of the most difficult of the twenty-first century. Heavy frosts have caused a significant drop in production in the northern half of Spain as well as in other European countries such as France and Italy. Furthermore, the drought, which has practically dragged on since spring last year, is also affecting … [Read more...] about Very high expectations for the harvest despite the frosts and drought
The vintage for Familia Martínez Bujanda
The vintage is a factor that the consumer pays considerable attention to when assessing a wine. The prices of the great French wines vary significantly depending on the characteristics of the harvest and the merchants earn, or lose a lot of money when they decide to buy wines from the big international wineries en primeur, in other words, before … [Read more...] about The vintage for Familia Martínez Bujanda
White wines for the summer from Familia Martínez Bujanda
Something that satisfies us at Familia Martínez Bujanda is that we have an extensive portfolio of wines that enables us to offer to our customers different options for every occasion and every season. In Spain, wine consumption continues to be very seasonal and when the summer arrives, the demand for white wines increases considerably, whilst in … [Read more...] about White wines for the summer from Familia Martínez Bujanda
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