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Online tasting wines from Galicia for members of the Dutch guild of Sommeliers

11.16.2020

ICEX/Foods and Wines from Spain in the Netherlands, in cooperation with the Dutch Guild of Sommeliers, is organizing a virtual tasting, exclusively for twenty members of the guild. The focus of the tasting is on wines from Galicia.

During the presentation, that will take place on 16 November 2020 at 11.00 a.m., Dutch Master of Wine Cees van Casteren will present 11 wines from the Galician wine areas DO Rías Baixas, DO Monterrei and DO Ribeiro.
Participants will receive the samples so they will be able to taste alongside the Master of Wine.

Wine	Winery	Importer	Wine area	Grape Varieties
Nai Blanco Joven 2019	Adegas Terra de Asorei SL	Karakter Wijnimport	DO Rías Baixas	100% Albariño
Ethereo Blanco 2019	Bodegas Eidoseal S.C. Galega	Delta Wines	DO Rías Baixas	100% Albariño
Pazo Señorans blanco joven 2019	Pazo de Señorans SL	Chabrol Wines	DO Rías Baixas	100% Albariño
Terras Gauda blanco joven 2019	Bodegas Terras Gauda SA	Résidence Wijnen	DO Rías Baixas, Subzone O Rosal	70% Albariño, 22% Caíño blanco, 8% Loureira
Gran Alanís blanco 2019	Bodegas Milenium SL	Group LFE BV	DO Ribeiro	85% Treixadura, 15% Godello
Minius Godello blanco joven 2019	Adegas Valmiñor SL	Delta Wines	DO Monterrei	100% Godello
Tambora blanco 2019	Viña Costeira SCG	Wijnhuis Oktober	DO Ribeiro	100% Godello
Finca Viñoa blanco 2019	Finca Viñoa (Asoc. Wines From Galicia)	BES Vinos	DO Ribeiro	90% Treixadura, 5% Albariño, 3% Godello, 2% Loureiro
Granbazán Etiqueta Ambar blanco 2019	Bodegas Granbazán	Wijnimport J. Bart	DO Rías Baixas	100% Albariño
Gargalo tinto joven mencía 2018/2019	Bodegas Riojanas SA	Drankengroothandel Henk Smit	DO Monterrei	Mencía and Arousa
Abadía de Gomariz tinto 2015	Coto de Gomariz (Ailala-Ailalelo SL)	Smaragd Wijnen	DO Ribeiro	50% Souson, Brancellao, Ferrol en Mencía

Expert

• Master of Wine Cees van Casteren

Cees van Casteren MW is consultant, wine writer and freelance journalist.
Cees became Master of Wine in November 2012 and is a great connoisseur of Spanish wines.

He is currently Chairman of the Association of Vinologists in Holland. He travelled extensively to vineyards on five continents.
Cees has a weekly column in newspaper De Gelderlander and is correspondent for Meininger’s Wine Business International.

He also teaches WSET courses at Wijnstudio and Winefields and his own wine courses on request. Among his consultant clients are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands and Lallemand of Canada.
Cees won twice the Dutch wine tasting championships ‘Prix Pommery’ and received Southcorp’s Writer’s Bursary in 2003. He became Ambassadeur du Champagne in 2008, won the Torres Wine Course in 2007 and wrote ten books (all in Dutch language) since 2004.

Information

Economic and Commercial Office
Embassy of Spain in The Hague
Burgemeester Patijnlaan 67
2585 BJ The Hague
the Netherlands
+31 (0) 70 364 31 66
vinosspanje@comercio.mineco.es

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