Airport drinking and drinking well in strange places

Year 12, No. 05

Greetings,

So... after writing last during a massive heatwave, we're now in the middle of a torrential storm, in July, in Spain. Things are always "exciting" around here.

In this newsletter we open with an excellent essay by contributor, Ruth Spivey. Here she takes on that most pressing concern of all in the world, airport drinking (*). A great read if you wanted something a bit less doom and gloom these days.

Then we shift into a solid hit of Catalan coverage with: the new DO Montsant report, five wines you gotta know from DO Penedès, and then an update on the new Vi de Mas wines as well as attending newest edition (after two years off) of el Cim del Xarel·lo, all in Penedès.

We head down south to look at the volcano eruption last year on la Palma in the Canary Islands which was exceedingly destructive. Thankfully work is being done to recuperate their ancient clonal varieties.

Lastly, I'm really excited to bring back the Drinking Well series which aims to help you enjoy a drink in less o…