Under Penedés Apellation, Ramon Parera and Jordi Arnan make their wines at Can Comas Estate under a premise: “as vine-growers and wine-producers we are, we must return to the land as much as it provides for us”.

Using environmentally friendly agricultural practices, their vineyards are not irrigated, allowing the vintages to express themselves. They work the vineyards as little as possible, without ploughing the land in order to avoid erosion and encourage natural growth and vegetal covers. We don´t use fertilisers but rather allow the stock find its natural balance with the root.

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With eclectic training in some of the most prestigious European wineries, César Muñoz is now one of the great values ​​in the Spanish enology, under his direction produces some of the most amazing wines of the new batch of emerging wines in Spain.

In his curriculum includes a milestone in the history of modern Spanish wine when in 2000 his wine Leda Viñas Viejas 1998 (Bodegas Leda) was chosen as wine of the year, being a wine without designation of origin and new in the market.

César also participates or has participated in projects as well known as César Príncipe, Montebaco or Bohórquez.

Wine Moon has incorporated in his portfolio César’s two most unique wines:

Magallanes, red from Ribera del Duero, from very old vineyards between 80 and 100 years old, located in the higher and eastern areas of designation of origin (between 900 and 1.000 meters), and with fantastic Parker ratings (94 points).

Cienfuegos, spectacular white form Tierra de Castilla y León, fermented and aged on the lees in barrel and made with varieties of Verdejo, Godello and forgotten white Albarín from three plots from different Toro and Cigales locations.

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Moon Wine was present representing Orto Vins with his winemaker, Joan Asens.

Great acceptance of wines and setting the stage for our next visit to China in November'12

The fair exceeded all expectations and more than a thousand people came to enjoy the proposals of proximity processors along with two wine cooperatives of social action and three wineries in the D.O. Empordà invited for the occasion. Gastronomy, jazz, the music of Dolo Beltrán (Pastora’s singer) and a supportive tasting for the forest fires of Empordà completed the activities of the fair, which has become one of the most important wine festivals Baix Llobregat.

Managed by Christopher Cannan daughter, Anne Cannan, Clos Figueras has 18 has planted with Grenache, Carignan, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Monastrell and Viognier. Their wines convey all the distinctive charm and personality of the Priorat with great finesse and exceptional elegance.

Serras del Priorat, Font de la Figuera (red and white) and the impressive flagship Clos Figueres, make Clos Figueras wines whole range.

Moon Wine takes the challenge to position Clos Figueras wines in the best places, restaurants, hotels and shops of Barcelona city.

Moon Wine welcomes Clos Figueras!!!

We tasted Orto’s whole range, in which highlighted La Carrerada 2009, Les Tallades de Cal Nicolau 2009 and the surprising new Blanc d’Orto Brisat 2010.

Crianza Vinimport is one of the most important companies in Norway. It’s established in Oslo, and it’s the exclusive distributor of some prestigious Spanish wineries, as Cavas Torelló, Bodegas Pujanza or “l’enfant terrible” Benjamin Romeo.

Orto Vins will be present in a few weeks in Norway market. Great!

Among them, Orto Vins wines have achieved some magnificent scores, placing their wines among the best:

• Les Tallades de Cal Nicolau 2009: 94 points
• La Carrerada 2009: 93 points
• Palell 2009: 92 points
• Les Comes d’Orto 2010: 91 points
• Orto 2010: 89 points
• Les Pujoles 2009: 89 points
• Blanc d’Orto 2010: 86 points

From Orto Vins cellar Martin tells “I had never heard of Orto Vins before I tasted through their range. I was impressed by both the consistency and by their pursuit of single varietal bottling that might come at a price, but satisfy the curiosity of those who enjoy foraging for lesser known grapes. I thought their wines were extremely well-made and packaged”

In Moonwine we are very pleased with this reconnaissance, especially because we are talking about Orto’s second vintage!!! And firs time Parker’s team taste it!!!

From Moonwine we congratulate the whole Orto Vins team and encourage them to continue working in this direction to be even better in the future!

CONGRATULATIONS ORTO VINS!

Chateau Latour, the famous first growth, told wine merchants today in Bordeaux that 2011 will be the last vintage it sells as futures, or en primeur. Only bottled wines will be sold from the winery, and vintages will be released when the chateau believes they are ready to drink.“It’s a paradox to sell a wine that isn’t in bottle yet and then it isn’t consumed until 10 or 15 years later,” said Latour President Frederic Engerer. “It is something that we have to change.”

He pointed out that more consumers are now questioning whether it makes sense to buy futures. Moreover, modern wine lovers are less interested in buying wines and aging them, particularly in Asia, and many are concerned with the provenance of top wines sold in the world. In other words, they want to buy wines for drinking that are properly stored.Latour is currently increasing its storage space at the chateau with a perfectly controlled environment for wine.Engerer didn’t say when the new vintages of bottled wines would be sold, pointing out that they would taste the wines and decide when they are ready for the market. “For example, 2006 Latour is not ready to drink but 2001 Latour is,” he said. “ Every year there will be a real debate on what wines will be on the market from Latour.”

He said that it would be difficult financially for anywhere from five to eight years since futures sales comprised a significant part of Latour’s turnover, but the chateau has substantial reserves of old vintages that it would offer to customers until the new system of selling was firmly established. Latour has always held back a large percentage of each year’s wine production.

“We are not leading a crusade against anything,” he said. “It is the right thing for Latour.”

Engerer had no idea if any of the other top estates of Bordeaux would follow his decision. And he said that the en primeur system in Bordeaux would continue for most wine estates because it was an important part of their finances each year.
Paying for wines still resting in barrel is a century-old tradition in Bordeaux and helps winemakers finance their production. In some years in the past, wineries even sold their vintage before the grapes were picked. Most still need the financing.However, I believe that top wineries like Latour that can sell its young vintages for thousands of dollars a bottle obviously don’t have the need for futures, and others in the same financial position in Bordeaux are sure to follow. In other words, Latour can afford to make the change in its sales strategy.

My question is, what this will do to wine merchants who have relied heavy on the future sales of Bordeaux for their bottom lines? And will this dampen some of the speculation on the wines from the best names of the region?It’s not going to make much difference to many Bordeaux wine lovers who no longer buy futures. In fact, a large percentage of first growth consumers do not buy futures and prefer to buy the wines on the market by the case or by the bottle to drink. Latour understands this.

“We need to adapt to consumer demand,” Engerer said. “We are seeing the wine consumers and lovers living differently. It’s rarer and rarer that people buy wine and age it in the same place for 20 or 30 years.”

Selected wines were:

- Finca de Los Arandinos crianza 2009 (D.O.Ca Rioja)

- Viero 2009 (D.O.Ca Rioja) 

Note that the wines were in according with lived ambient: young, trendy and with a great projection, which is has been translated by the new stylist showroom, leaded by brothers Cristian and Felipe, located at El Born neighborhood, in Barcelona, where trends doesn’t stop creating new styles.

Nothing resists them these two brothers... nor to Moonwine!

At the tasting, which was titled “From Garnacha to Grenache: A Journey through Twelve Great Wines”, Cannan gave a tour through the wines of different parts of the world to discuss the infinite results that this varietal can offer, in creating unique wines.

This became perfectly clear in each of the twelve wines tasted: La Rectorie Collioure l’Argile 2010 ; Orto Vins Montsant Palell 2009 ; Clos Figueras Priorat Serras del Priorat 2010 ; Clos Figueras Priorat Font de la Figuera 2008 ; Clos Figueras Priorat Clos Figueres 2007 ; Yalumba Barossa Valley Grenache Tricentenary 2005 ; Australia Jasper Hill Heatcothe Grenache Cornella Vineyard 2005 ; Francia Saint-Gayan Gigondas Fontmaria 2007 ; E.Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2000 ; Espectacle Vins Montsant Espectacle 2006 ; Sarda-Malet Rivesaltes La Carbasse 2003.

The photo shows the Palell 2009, by Orto Vins, which is distributed exclusively by Moonwine in certain countries.

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