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The fastest way for us to help you find the wines you'll love (and avoid the wines you won't ) is for you to spend 30 seconds to tell us about your wine tastes. We use these answers, together with your wine ratings to build a detailed profile of your personal tastes. We match your taste profile to our wines taste profile to find the wines that match. Even if it's a grape you don't know, from a place you don't know, made by a person you have never heard of. For example, if you tell us that you like Rioja, we have an Argentinean Malbec that you will adore. And a Spanish Grenache that will blow your socks off.

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Red wine preferences

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Big, full bodied red wines? The kind of wine that goes with a rich meaty stew? E.g. Aussie Shiraz.
Elegant restrained reds...e.g. Bordeaux and Burgundy.
Rioja? Warm, oaky mellow wines, great for sharing around a roaring fire?
Soft, fruity, juicy easy drinking reds. e.g. Chilean Merlot, or a Cote du Rhone?

White wine preferences

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New Zealand Sauvignons and other fruity, refreshingly zingy whites?
Oaky, mellow fruity wines? Australian Chardonnay for example?
Fruity but DRY whites, perfect for an aperitif
Bone dry classics like Chablis?

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  • Although head winemaker in a huge winery, his passion is going into a pet project of his- to show that Valencia can make wines to compete with the best of Rioja
  • Try his Castillo Catadau and drink Gran Reserva quality for the price of a basic Rioja!
  • Once you have tried his wine please do let him know what you think

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On a mission to put his birthplace on a par with Rioja

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Jorge's Story

"I was born in the heart of Valencia City, surrounded by buildings, a lot of cars and asphalt. No vineyards were around me. Because of this and also because I like wine I decided to go outside the city and to discover Spanish Vineyards. The rest is history!

After a period of training in Valencia and California I went back home and I began my work in La Viña, first as a manager for Quality and currently as a Technical Manager. La Vina is located in the charming village of Fuente La Higuera, literally “Fountain of The Fig Tree", some 100 km south of Valencia City on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.

Although I am the head winemaker in a huge winery, my personal passion is going into a pet project...to show that Valencia can make wines to compete with the best of Rioja.

What do I love about being a winemaker? Well, I get to drink lots of wine for free! And I get to work with something that makes life more enjoyable."

Castillo Catadau Gran Reserva 2002
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Castillo Catadau Gran Reserva 2002

Overall Rating: 3 Stars

  • Drink Gran Reserva quality, and 7 years of ageing, for the price of a basic Rioja!
  • Gran Reserva means that the wine is made from the best grapes, aged in oak, aged in bottle and then only released when ready to drink
  • Expect it to be soft and mellow...all the rough stuff has been aged out of the wine years ago
Castillo Catadau Gran Reserva 2003
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Castillo Catadau Gran Reserva 2003

Overall Rating: 3 Stars

  • It’s not just common old Reserva, this is Gran Rreserva - and in Spain this actually means something
  • Only top quality grapes are used – the grapes that have the best fruit, structure and intensity
  • And the wine is matured slowly, in toasty oak barrels to give it that mellow, smooth, caramel and vanilla flavour. Yum!