Viticola Mentridana, El Mentridano, Mentrida, Sierra de Gredos, Spain Mixed Cases learning about viticulture

learning about viticulture

Or it might be finding wines from well known regions but made from unusual grape varieties or in unusual ways

two years later she loaded up a van with verdejo and some friends and took them to Gredos to make 300 bottles of her first wine

notes of red and black forest berries with a savoury spice

lovely with food or nicely chilled as an aperitif

Viticola Mentridana, El Mentridano, Mentrida, Sierra de Gredos, Spain Mixed Cases learning about viticultureThe Sierra de Gredos is a wild and remote region of granite peaks and forests in the country between Madrid and Portugal. Like many such regions in Spain the land is difficult to farm and very many vineyards were abandoned. But the free draining acidic soils, the high altitude and long growing season, and the pockets of ancient vines have attracted a new generation of growers. Among them Curro Barreo, who grew up in the area and also makes wine in