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Julia Harding MW featured the 2025 Sincronia Negre as a Wine of Week, calling it “a scented and versatile Mediterranean red created for pure pleasure“. Composed of old-vine international varieties backing up Mallorca’s deliciously-divergent indigenous grapes, its an absolute Swiss Army knife of a medium-light bodied red wine that will give an island-life twist to any moment. Read more of Julia’s insightful take on JancisRobinson.com.

From Galicia to Málaga to the villages of Rioja, the viticultural adventures of Telmo Rodríguez and Pablo Eguzkiza continue to produce foundational, groundbreaking wines. Together, both at their home base at Remelluri, and with their talented local partners (Jorge Saa at Ladeiras do Xil, David Dupuch at Molino Real, and a cadre of grapegrowers in Labastida), their exploration and revitalization of old vineyards and their associated traditions keep us spellbound with each release. It appears the reviewers on James Suckling’s team have had similar experiences.

Bàrbara Mesquida Mora as an individual, an artist, and a winemaker, has her own distinctive approach to creative endeavors. Part of that is hard-wired into her sense of self—but a large part of it was developed as a survival technique. Today’s tranquil, idyllic Mesquida Mora winery environment is a hard-fought victory after a decade and a half of challenges and hurdles, many unforseen. But the brilliance and joy in the wines reflects the character of the woman who endured it all. This thoroughly personal interview in Catalan news source Ara tells the tale.

Elizabeth Gabay MW of Decanter profiles the unshakable, idiosyncratic, and focused family estate of Clos Cibonne, the stubborn protectors of the tibouren grape since nearly the French Revolution. Through the tides of history, the Roux family, and their descendants, the Desforges, have seen their region’s fortunes rise and fall, and through it all, their focus had led to quality, which has led to global esteem.

There would be no De Maison without the close relationship that developed organically between the Esteve-Nadal family and our founder, André Tamers. The story of the family farm that eventually grew into Cava Avinyó is far from a linear one, and in fact took many twists and turns across centuries to deliver us one of Catalonia’s premier sparkling wine houses. This profile in the Barcelona-based La Vanguardia newspaper touches on all the moments that brought us to today, culminating in the outstanding 2018 ‘La Ticota’ single-vineyard cuvée.

The legendary sweet wines of Málaga, once held in high regard well beyond Andalucía, have persisted in literature moreso than in a liquid form, leaving many curious drinkers unable to sample their magic. Since 1998, the labor-intensive and unique style has been revived by the team of Telmo Rodríguez, Pablo Eguzkiza, and winemaker David Dupuch, to great acclaim. Luis Gutiérrez of Wine Advocate made a recent visit, tasting through 20 vintages and learning the backstory of this project.