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WFS Annual Tastings & Seminars - Programme for Trade & Horeca

05.17.2021 - 10.20.2021

Bienvenidos! This year, the wine country Spain invites all representatives from Trade and Horeca not only to virtual excursions. We are pleased to be able to offer you a wide range of online tastings in 2021, as well as tastings in person again.

Come with us on a journey through selected wine-growing regions and learn more about our wines and bodegas from recognized Spanish wine specialists. The seminars and Tastings to be held in 2021 will be:

17.05.2021 17:00 -18:00

Tasting / Webminar “The Cava shows its origins: The new zonification rules”

by Pedro Ballesteros who will illustrate the geographical reorganisation of the PDO, the new categories Cava de Guarda and Cava de Guarda Superior as well as the associated quality requirements in an entertaining hour (and in English).

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31.05.2021 17:00 -18:00

Tasting online / Webminar "DOP RIAS BAIXAS: The diversity of the Albariño styles as a reflection of the different terroirs"

by David Schwarzwälder, connoisseur of the Spanish wines and wine scene, who will present highlights of the diversity of Albariño styles as a reflection of the different sub-regions of the Rías Baixas. Starting with soft, flowery Albariños from the border with Portugal, through acidic, crisp Cambados from the limestone-dominated Atlantic coast, to continental and structured Albariños from the interior. The webinar will be accompanied by an exemplary selection of six wines to be tasted.

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07.06.2021 17:00-18:00

Tasting online / Webminar "DOP Yecla - Spain's mediterranean organic wine paradise presented by David Schwarzwälder"

David Schawarzwälder presents in this webminar various organic wines from the southeastern Spanish apellation, which show that the efforts of the Yecla PDO to develop into a region dominated by organic viticulture were spot on. The prevailing conditions are optimal. The Monastrell grape variety, which dominates the region, is extremely adaptable and frugal in view of the extremely warm, rough and barren highlands of the Yecla PDO. Characteristics that, by the way, should also make it the perfect wine partner for climate change. The webinar will be accompanied by an exemplary selection with six wines to be tasted.

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21.07.2021

Wines from Spain influencer cooperation aimed at B2B and endconsumers in Germany

Together with one of the best-known German wine influencers, Björn Bittner, ICEX/Wines from Spain and the DOP Valencia will launch a multi-week promotional campaign in July around the Valencia region.

The tasting notes and Björn's insights into this enchanting can be read in the coming months on his blog BJRLeBouquet as well as on his social media channels.

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28.08.2021

Wines of Spain sponsorship of the MUNDUS VINI 2021 International Wine Competition

ICEX/Wines of Spain is sponsoring the MUNDUS VINI international wine competition organized by the MEININGER publishing house, which will consist of a paired dinner with Spanish wines and the organization of a commented tasting seminar of Spanish wines. This year the DO CAVA will present 6 cavas under the theme "CAVA shows its origins: the new segmentation and zonification rules".

The dinner menu offered to the juries of the international competition will be paired by a selection of wines from Spain that show the great contrasts of Spanish viticulture and the omnipresent influence of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean influence. The dinner and tasting will take place on Saturday, August 28, 2021 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, headquarters of the Meininger publishing house.

12.09.2021

Wine education at a High Level with the Club of Wine Academic

Finally it's possible again: making contacts, having a lively personal exchange - paired with fantastic wines on the palate. On Sunday, 12 September 2021 from 1 PM to 5:30 PM, wine journalist David Schwarzwälder will present two top themes of regional developments in Spain: "The new wines of Andalusia" and "The path to terroir and zone classification"

Wines from Spain influencer cooperation aimed at B2B and endconsumers in Germany

The tasting notes and Björn's insights into this enchanting can be read in the coming months on his blog BJRLeBouquet as well as on his social media channels.

Download Tasting Handout (PDF)

03.10.2021 15:30-16:30

CHEF SACHE: "The future is green - Spain's development into the most versatile organic wine producer"

ICEX/Wines of Spain organizes on October 3th, a master class tasting led and commented by the specialist David Schwarzwälder at the SCHOOL OF WINE of the gastronomic congress CHEF SACHE with the title “Die Zukunft ist grün – Spaniens Entwicklung zum vielseitigsten Bio-Weinproduzenten / The future is green - Spain's evolution into the most versatile organic wine producer".

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12.10.2021 15:30-16:15

The dynamics of sustainable viticulture in Spain at the Wine Trade Summit 2021

With the Wine Trade Summit, Meininger Verlag offers a new event platform for interested employees from wine departments and wine consultants from the wine and food trade and independent food retailers. But buyers and decision-makers from product range design and sales as well as other trade visitors from the wine industry can also use this opportunity for personal encounters, wine presentations and tastings!

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