We were in the mood for something different when we purchased the Olaia Dehesa de Rubiales 2004, and different is certainly what we ended up with.  This wine bears very little resemblance to any of the others we’ve reviewed previously.
The Olaia is composed mostly of Prieto Picudo (50%) – a darkly colored, nearly extinct grape that is grown almost exclusively in Spain and […]

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Two weeks ago, a couple of old friends from our New York days, whom we met on vacation in Argentina but haven’t seen since we left NYC, dropped by our place in San Francisco to say hello.  It had been almost exactly three years since we had first met at our charming little bed and breakfast in Buenos Aires and, later that week, shared delicious, […]

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