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February 24, 2023January 25, 2024By Robert FlowerDrink Now, Spain

Bodegas Ponce “La Casilla” Manchuela 2019

I discovered this wine quite by accident last summer. A new wine shop had just opened and one of my favorite things is to peruse a new wine shop. I was impressed with their selection of natural, organic, and biodynamic wines. Many I was already very familiar with. However, I was not impressed with their pricing. I believe I paid $29. for this wine much […]

February 17, 2023January 25, 2024By Robert FlowerDrink Now, Spain

Gulp Hablo – Orange Organic

I first learned of this wine from Eric Asimov’s New York Times column 20 under $20. In it he says its made by Juan Antonio Ponce, of Bodegas Ponce of which I am familiar from his outstanding Bobal La Casilla. Still, the bottle has no visible references to the grapes or the maker other than “Parra Jimenez”. So I delved a bit further and found […]