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Sherry…Not Just for Your Grandma

By Brad Woolf • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Features

Greetings fair readers, this week for the third installment of our conversations with Ryan and Gabriella Opaz of Catavino.net who are wine bloggers currently in residence in Barcelona, Spain, we’ll focus on the region of Jerez in Southwestern Spain.
Typically when I think of Sherry, I think of my friend Harker’s grandmother, she loved the [...]



Nothin But a “G” Thang: The Wines of Galicia, Spain

By Brad Woolf • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: Features

In the second installment of our conversation with Ryan and Gabriella Opaz, of Catavino.net who are wine bloggers currently in residence in Barcelona, Spain, we’ll focus on the appelation of Galicia. Considered the wettest region in Spain, Galicia contains five D.O. (Denominación de Origen) wine regions: Rias Baixas, Ribeiro, Valdeorras, Monterrei and Ribeira [...]



Don’t Be a Menace in North Central While Drinking Your Tinto Rioja

By Brad Woolf • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Main Feature

Gather round children, ’cause it’s time for a quick lesson in Iberian viticulture. The Second Glass spoke with Ryan and Gabriella Opaz, of Catavino.net who are wine bloggers currently in residence in Barcelona, Spain. Ryan and Gabriella were nice enough to hit us up with some great photos, so over the next few weeks we’ll [...]