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GerryDawes

GerryDawes

Gerry Dawes was awarded Spain's prestigious Premio Nacional de Gastronomía (National Gastronomy Award) in 2003. He writes and speaks frequently on Spanish wine and gastronomy and leads gastronomy, wine and cultural tours to Spain. He was a finalist for the 2001 James Beard Foundation's Journalism Award for Best Magazine Writing on Wine. In December, 2009, Dawes was awarded the Food Arts Silver Spoon Award in a profile written by José Andrés.









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Bob@l_bloggers, an intensive introduction to bobal, utiel-requena, some new friends and some older ones revisited!

rikiwigley. [caption id="attachment_1005" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Members...and friends of Asociación Primum Bobal in Requena."][/caption] There is nothing like an intensive weekend away working and a bloggers conference is as hard work as it gets.....

A busy week in utiel-requena! a bloggers conference, primum bobal and an awards ceremony.

rikiwigley. [caption id="attachment_961" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="At the wine-bloggers tasting last April."][/caption]   Last April a number of bloggers from across Spain met in the HQ of DO Utiel-Requena, the Bodega Redonda which also houses the museum,  to participate in a tasting of wines from the area. Following on from the success of this event the controlling body has invited

Asociación primum bobal, the `jewel in the crown´ gets its own quality mark.

rikiwigley. [caption id="attachment_684" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="The Logo for the New Association."][/caption]  Bobal, Utiel-Requena´s very own grape, unique to the region and potentially one of the most versatile quality producing varieties in the world  now has its own `quality mark´. Thursday 10 March saw the launch of the new association `Primum Bobal´which has been created by seven of the

Vera de estenas, a very special vertical tasting, bobal casa don angel 1998-2009.

rikiwigley. [caption id="attachment_653" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Vera de Estenas, Oak Barrel from the Bodega. "][/caption]    There is a saying in England that you never see a London Bus and then suddenly three come along at once! I am beginning to think the same can be said of vertical tastings in Valencia....