A new year & wines to see you through it

Year 13, No. 01

Greetings,

Hello and welcome to a new year (according to the calendar)!

For anyone living in Spain, this is the second half of what is known as the "blackout". It runs from a couple of days before the 25th of December until at least the 7th of January or, because Three Kings is on a Friday this year, the 9th.

How do we get anything done? Oh, please.

Thankfully there's a great deal of excellent food and wine that abounds during this period which is why I always make sure to publish the list of Best Catalan Wines (*) before it hits.

I don't know how it is with the annual "Best Of" lists for others, but I really enjoy curating this list each year. It allows the opportunity to put forth a selection of wines that permit discovery outside the rather narrow range that platforms such as Instagram have ironically boxed us into.

If however, you're feeling a bit run down, don't worry, this is normal. It's also why I put out the other annual list of La Cuesta de Enero (*) This is another 'fine' traditi…