Let’s Open a Bottle: Godello White Wines

June 18, 2024 00:13:00
Let’s Open a Bottle: Godello White Wines
Brian's Spain Domain
Let’s Open a Bottle: Godello White Wines

Jun 18 2024 | 00:13:00

/

Show Notes

Up until recently, the Godello white grape variety was generally unknown in most parts of Spain, let alone the rest of the world. These wines are made in the northwest of the Spain, but the most celebrated versions come a small region in Galicia called Valdeorras. You can also find Godellos from Bierzo and Monterrei. […]

Other Episodes

Episode

February 11, 2025 00:13:26
Episode Cover

The Tunnel of Death

In the fall of 1937, smack in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, a grim and dastardly crime was committed against Franco sympathizers...

Listen

Episode 0

September 19, 2022 00:17:47
Episode Cover

Let’s Open a Bottle (3) – D.O. Rueda

We’ll start our wine region review with a visit to what just may be the white wine capital of Spain, D.O. Rueda. Not that...

Listen

Episode 0

May 18, 2022 00:12:47
Episode Cover

SPANISH HISTORY 101, EP. 14: Muslim Consolidation and the First Signs of the Reconquista

The Moors managed to conquer most of the Iberian Peninsula in a relatively short time. But for the first few decades, that dominance was...

Listen