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Spain in the Glass: A Journey Through Spanish Wines

By Dr George Robakidze
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(Personal tasting notes — to be updated regularly) Spain is one of those wine countries that reveals itself less through a single style than through a sequence of landscapes. Rioja speaks in the language of ageing, oak and long memory. Ribera del Duero offers altitude, structure and a darker concentration of fruit. Along the Atlantic edge, Galicia gives white wines of brightness, salt and precision, while Priorat rises from slate and heat with reds of depth, mineral tension and Mediterranean force. Spanish wine is not merely diverse. It is dramatic in its diversity. These notes, like the French ones, are personal rather than encyclopaedic. They bring together bottles I have encountered, remembered, and placed within the broader landscape of Spanish wine culture. Some are familiar names whose labels travel far beyond Spain; others feel quieter, more regional, and perhaps more intimate. Together, they suggest not a catalogue, but a map of impressions. One also learns quickly that S...
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France in the Glass: A Journey Through French Wines

By Dr George Robakidze
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  (Personal tasting notes — to be updated regularly) France is one of those wine countries that almost resists summary. Its vineyards are not merely extensive, they are civilisational. Bordeaux gave the world one language of structure and blending, Burgundy another of terroir and nuance, Champagne transformed sparkling wine into a category of prestige, while the Loire, Rhône, Alsace, Provence and the South each preserve their own distinct grammar of taste. The diversity is not theoretical. It is something one feels immediately in the glass. Official regional bodies still present France through that very diversity: Bordeaux through its classic red blends, Burgundy through Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the Rhône through northern and southern contrasts, the Loire through freshness and precision, Champagne through Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier, and Alsace through its aromatic whites. These notes, like my reflections on Georgian wines, are personal in spirit rather than encyclopae...
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