this evening I popped along to Bubble Brothers spanish wine tasting. this time the tasting was held in their warehouse in the Marina. The crowd they had in just about filled it – I suspect a couple more people could have been crammed in but only by playing some human tetris.
The wines on offer were all spanish, and ranged from low teens in price up to twenty one odd euro.
Julian was the chief MC for the night, assisted by Billy, Valerie and the nice chap whose name I forgot, even though he’s the one that filled our glasses all night.
Aside from the actual tasting, I heard the best and simplest explanation for the cost of fine wines this evening. The core of the argument is the years of labour that goes into producing the wine – lifting down barrels, turning them and so on. Years of maintenance and you can see why the cost would be higher.
I’ve scanned my notes from the night as usual. I’m afraid my handwriting is atrocious, but you’re welcome to try to make sense of it. Anything written down not in quotes is my own thinking, anything in single quotes was something I heard someone else in the room say, and double quotes was from one of our hosts.
bubble brothers spanish 1
bubble brothers spanish 2
It was another excellent night, with some lovely wines on offer. If you’re interested in trying a wine tasting, and you should be – check their blog.
thanks again Julian et al.
Tags: bubble brothers, tasting, wine
At least you still have your notes – I seem to have mislaid mine!
d’oh! though maybe that means it was a great tasting then?
Thanks for another concise, illuminating and encouraging summary. It was a bit of a squeeze because there were a good few last-minute subscribers and we hadn’t the heart (nerve?) to turn anyone away.
As we said on the night, we’re hoping to, er, enhance the retail experience &c. &c. by degrees here. We’ve learned a lot from the last two tastings through our own observations and, chiefly, from what other people have told us.
It feels as though the tastings plan is sort-of coming together.
Here’s to the launch of our new Australian range in September!
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