Disqus - Friends of emilio

Re: Weighted Categories

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:25:08 -0000

How do you do this without a list style? I just want a square block of words like in Flickr...I'm sure this is ridiculously easy...Thanks for the great plugin...

Re: The Wine Harvest in Spain has Commenced!

Ryan Opaz — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:04:38 -0000

Terry send me a note with your details and I'll see what I can find. Are you looking for one day with a rental car? Or do you want to see areas like Toro where you would need a night to stay over. Use the email link at the bottom of this page to send me your info...Thanks

Re: Quinta do Noval White Port

Ryan Opaz — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:31:38 -0000

Thanks for reading. I've tried the tonic and white port once, and as long as the port is dry I enjoy it. But sweet with more sweet is a bit much.

Re: Mega Purple – I had to join the debate

Ryan Opaz — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:00:49 -0000

Robert stay tuned, I'm heading up to Montsant the first week of March and I plan I doing a whole regional article, not to mention including more tasting notes. For now all I'll say is that often you can get Priorat quality wines at non Priorat prices. The Capcanes is a personal favorite.

Re: Primer 2005 – Carbonic Maceration

Ryan Opaz — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:35:39 -0000

Sorry I heard about this wine but never got a chance to try it. Usually Bodegas here don't make much in the way of quanitity of these wines. After a long search I sadly did not find any in any shops around the area. Sorry I couldn't help you more! Thanks for the complement, Ryan

Re: Calling all editors please!

Ryan Opaz — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:30:57 -0000

Emilio - I will be in Alemenataria, will you? If so we should meet up one day. As far as what I've been drinking, lots and lots of Alentejo wines this past week. Stay tuned for a long list of tasting notes.

Re: Winecast 58 – Verdejo

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 11 May 2006 08:51:23 -0000

Hey great podcast on a favorite grape of mine. One tip the region is pronounced: Roo - e - da and Verdelho is pronounced: Ver- day- yo

Otherwise keep up the great work and thanks for covering some Spanish grapes.

Ryan

Re: 2003 Bodegas Luberri Rioja Cepas Viejas

Ryan Opaz — Sat, 20 May 2006 04:16:12 -0000

Hey Bill here you go: http://catavino.net/archive...

Though keep in mind the 2003 still has some time before it will be released. On the otherhand I would check out their other wines. Fun stuff!

Re: New Site and New Features

Ryan Opaz — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:41:37 -0000

Thanks for reading Emilio...and I look forward to finally getting down to Alicante one day. for now though I guess we'll share a few sweet wines together in Jerez!
See you there, Ryan

Re: Bodega Luberri

Ryan Opaz — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:45:40 -0000

Yeah I did meet him and had a chance to talk a bit about his approach though like you said he is a character! I would like to visit them when I find time and see the bodega first hand.

Re: Grape Profile – Touriga Nacional

Ryan Opaz — Tue, 30 May 2006 04:29:00 -0000

Thanks for the comment ROy...hereÃ‚Â´s a link to the article on Tempranillo that my wife wrote a few months ago: http://catavino.net/archive...

Re: Catavino’s 1 year old!

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:02:15 -0000

Thanks for the empathy Steven. I love it when friends come here and bring a bottle or two, makes life good. Some day we'll have to meet up here in Spain and share a bottle or two of imported hops!

Ryan

Re: Taco Wine

Ryan Opaz — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:43:09 -0000

I love the grape Ortega or at least I loved one bottling I had back in the states. I think I still have a bottle or two stashed. It was an beerneaulese with tons of lychee fruit goodness. On the other hand this was probably the only Ortega I've had and with all the richness it showed at the time I look forward to seeing how it aged.

ryan

Re: Taco Wine

Ryan Opaz — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:43:09 -0000

ryan

Re: Regional Profile – D.O. Cava

Ryan Opaz — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:04:43 -0000

Yes and no, there is a requirement for the production methods(solera style aging), but unlike Cava they also have a set physical area they must remain within. Hypotheticaly, anyone can argue that Cava can be made in their region. If the Consejo agrees they can be awarded DO status. In Jerez there is a concept of terroir that indicates that the soil(albariza) and the climate are unique to the DO.

Thanks for the history on Cava, I read that once before, I just wonder if they'll ever call a sparkler Cava as a default?

Re: Wine blogs We Like and a Few Others

Ryan Opaz — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:24:26 -0000

Andrew - thanks for the comments, and we continue to do our best!

Tim - Glad you enjoy us. And eventually our podcast will sound as good as yours too!

Re: XX Salón Internacional del Club Gourmets

Ryan Opaz — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:38:27 -0000

Sue - Thanks for the comment. As to the Jamon, Iberico is made from Pata Negra Pigs. Serrano is altogether another type of ham, and considered by many if not all as highly inferior to the Iberico which is the pinnacle of the Jamon world. As far as getting it in the US, the one producer here who has officially been approved by the US government will start shipping in the next year. In reality to buy a whole ham it incredibly expensive no matter where you buy it. When the deli's and meat shops start to carry it you can buy it then like we do, a few slices at a time.

Thanks for checking out Catavino and I look forward to chatting with you more!

Ryan

Re: World Cup – Go Iberia?

Ryan Opaz — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:21:38 -0000

Both england and ukraine have growing wine industries.
Check it out: Ukraine wine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
and English wine - http://www.english-wine.com/

Hard to believe but it's true! I would love that match up too, though I am a Brasil and Portugal fan!

Re: Bastardo

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:41:45 -0000

I'm looked and I can't find anything related to the name, not that there isn't a reason for it. In my opinion it might have come from the fact it's a irregular ripener. Imagine having a plot that only half ripens, I might be prone to call it a Bastard plot if they were my vines! Like the dog strangler or Borrado de Mosca aka Fly droppings. In Portugal there are so many grapes and I have to say some of them have really amazing names.

Re: Bastardo

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:55:27 -0000

Oops that's a major mistake, considering I was just there. Thanks for pointing it out! Also thanks for the translation, same as English!

Re: LaGitanna and Madrid’s Summer Heat

Ryan Opaz — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:06:37 -0000

No advertising, but maybe I should be. Re-reading this has made me thirsty!

Re: How to use WordPress to run a magazine, news website

Ryan Opaz — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:09:57 -0000

I've tried to do this on my site, somewhat in a similar manner. In the end I agree, Wordpress can be more of a CMS software tool rather than just a blogging tool.

Re: 2001 Linaje Garsea Ribera del Duero Reserva

Ryan Opaz — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:27:11 -0000

Sorry to say but I don't think it's available yet over there. If you use http://www.wine-searcher.co...
you can look up wines are you are interested to see availability. Though not 100% correct you can at least see if the wine is in the Country. Otherwise when I talked to the owner he mentioned that being a new company they are just getting started and are currently looking for exporters. Let's hope they succeed they have great wines.

Re: Culinary Podcast Network – Interview on Northern Spain

Ryan Opaz — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 09:05:27 -0000

Thanks Andrew, I appreciate the comments. I too really love the stones, they are to me very calming.

Re: Iberian Wine News Around the Web

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:08:11 -0000

Sorry I forgot to mention what I meant was they all went to Linux and away from WIndows for their operating systems. A great move that will save them tons of money and make their computers safer. I think it reflects well their "no fear" attitude when it comes to makeing wine and looking to new ideas!