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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
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SPAIN<br />
– GRAPES –<br />
Valencia: Fallas, paella…<br />
and Bobal<br />
Anyone with even a scant knowledge of the world and is familiar with the<br />
Valencia region in Spain, knows that it faces the Mediterranean Sea.<br />
Its main defining features are the ‘Fallas’ celebration and paella.<br />
But perhaps many who know or have visited the region, heavily influenced<br />
by ‘Riojitis’ or ‘Riberitis’, may be unaware of the grape variety native<br />
to this eastern Levante region with which many of its wines are made.<br />
Read on to find out more about Bobal.<br />
By Santiago Jimenez - Photographs: courtesy of the estates<br />
Finca San Blas boasts some<br />
incredible old vines<br />
66 AUTUMN 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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