So when I started my Vinho Verde page a while back, the plan was to compile tasting notes on Vinho Verdes as well as Spanish Albariños and blends from Rias Baixas, with the goal of comparing and contrasting the two. Then I got pregnant with my daughter Eliza, and the whole thing got put on hold.
With a New Year's resolve, I decided to take up my project again and typed Alvarinho/Albariño into that great kick-starter in the sky, google and ...what?!! Scooped! One little 18 month delay and...wait, this was published in 2003!
I quickly got over it, because here is a wonderful in depth article from Wine and Spirits by Ray Isle, currently Executive Wine Editor for Food and Wine magazine (who will have to now be pardoned for that uncomfortably self-aware and unwatchable wine show "Vine Talk" with Stanley Tucci.) He takes you directly to the regions and producers with lots of detail, humor and an expert's perspective.
http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/pages/Features/0803_AlbaAlvarino.pdf
Now we need his take on things in the region in 2014!
Links to current info!
http://www.riasbaixaswines.com/
Forgot to mention that the other effect of being scooped by 10 years is that the official DO's and subzones have changed in both Vinho Verde and Rias Baixas a number of times...more updates to come!
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