Bodegas Ovidio García 2014 OG Esencia Crianza Cigales,Valladolid, Spain

Regular AWM customers know I love to find wines produced by small family driven entities that are a bit off the beaten path. Their wines are usually super authentic expressions of their home region, and the bonus is that they’re quite often amazing values as well!

I had the pleasure of visiting Bodegas Ovidio García January last during my buying trip to Northern Spain. We ducked into the Bodega on our last day in the country and it turned out to be one of the highlights of my entire trip.

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Bodegas Castaño 2016 Alcaria Old Vine Red Blend Yecla, Spain

91 Point blend of Monastrell, Syrah, and Garnacha Tintorera.

Over the years we’ve featured a number of wines from Charlotte-based importer Eric Solomon. The wines from his European Cellars importing company represent Solomon’s 35 years of experience in tasting and selecting wines in Europe in order to present the best to the U.S. market. While…

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Mas Cornut “Flamingo” Blanc and Rouge, Costières de Nîmes, France

Two Costières de Nîmes best buys from the Cornut Family. — Wines from the Costières de Nîmes in the south of France remain largely undiscovered and undervalued by the vast majority of wine aficionados. The wine press is guilty as well and you have to dig pretty deep into most magazines and blogs to find…

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Domaine Martin 2018 Le Petit Martin IGP Vaucluse, Travaillan, France

The ultimate “Tuesday Night” red — Years ago I coined the phrase “Tuesday Night” wine to describe affordably priced, quality-driven wines. These are wines that you’re not afraid to open and enjoy on a Tuesday night and they’re great to have around when friends and relatives show up at your door. My favorite way to…

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2016 Domaine de Couron – Best Buy Merlot

Welcome Back to Merlot! Fifteen years ago Merlot fell victim to an inadvertent smear campaign. A single line in a movie ignited such a strong cultural backlash that it caused Merlot sales to plummet. Almost overnight, hundreds of years of love and respect for the noble grape turned to aversion and disdain. The movie was…

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