RECOMMENDED SPANISH WINES AND MORE

I like lists-as-autobiographies and below is my memoir of Spain viz a list of recommended Spanish wines!  But first, a rose:

Which is to say, of course it doesn't hurt to send me a rose when you're making a request. I recently received a review copy of Alessandra Bava's chap, THEY TALK ABOUT DEATH, from Blood Pudding Press which has a cover of a horse bedecked by roses. And when I opened the chap, a teensy grey rose slipped out, made from a thin ribbon. 'Twas enchanting! It's now ensconced on the Gaudi-designed mini chair I brought back from Spain for my "Mini Books on Mini Chairs" project over at SitWithMoi. Well, yes, I did do a review for the next issue of Galatea Resurrects -- am just being transparent about being enchanted: wonderful poems topped by a rose...

And here's the rest of my latest Relished W(h)ines update of recently imbibed books and wines.  As ever, please note that in the Publications section, if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for GalateaResurrects!  More info on that HERE.

PUBLICATIONS

V: WAVESON.NETS / LOSING L’UNA, poems by Stephanie Strickland (Stellar.  Linkedin Poetry Recommendation #122)

THE GALLOPING MAN AND FIVE OTHER POEMS by Gregory Vincent St. Thomas (fabulous!  LPR #123)

SLIGHT RETURN: REMIX AND EKPHRASIS, poems by Robert Archambeau (fabulous! LPR #124)

THEY TALK ABOUT DEATH, poems by Alessandra Bava (fabulous! LPR #125)

THE BLACK UNICORN, poems by Audre Lorde (stands the test of time)

AMBIT, Pilipino poems by E. San Juan

*  COWS, poems by Frederic Boyer, Trans. by Nicholas Bredie and Joanna Howard

*  SO I BEGAN, poems by Lisa Lubasch

*  TAX-DOLLAR SUPER SONNET FEATURING SARAH PALIN AS POET, poems by Nicole Mauro

*  THE SPEED OF OUR LIVES, poems by Grace C. Ocasio

*  COMFORTABLE KNIVES, poems by Stephen Emmerson

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME, poems by Halvard Johnson

CALIBAN ONLINE ISSUE #16, Editor Lawrence R. Smith

KUWENTO: LOST THINGS : AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW PHILIPPINE MYTHS, co-edited by Rachelle Cruz and Melissa Sipin (read in manuscript as I'm a contributor -- check out its fabulous website HERE!)

WHAT POETS ARE LIKE: UP AND DOWN WITH THE WRITING LIFE, memoir by Gary Soto

AND PICASSO PAINTED GUERNICA; THE STORY OF A MASTERPIECE, told by Alain Serres

HAPPY TIMES, memoir by Lee Radziwill

AN ARMY OF LOVERS, novel by Juliana Spahr and David Buuck

THE LAST REFUGE, novel by Ben Coes

PERSUADER, novel by Lee Child

THE NEAREST EXIT, novel by Olen Steinhauer

WYNNE’S WAR, novel by Aaron Gwynn

DESTROYER ANGEL, novel by Nevada Barr

WINES

A Spanish Travelogue

DAY 1

2006 Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5o

2009 Clos Martinet

2012 Jaspi Blanc

DAY 2

Gramona Rose

2011 Mauro

DAY 3

2010 Protos

Lopez de Heredia Tondonia

2007 Clos Mogador

DAY 4

2011 Clos Mogador

2010 Manyetes

Nelin

2005 Clos de L’Obac

2013 Gratallops

2013 Fina Dofi

2013 L’Ermita

2011 Finca Dofi

1978 Alvaro Palacios Special Anniversary Bottling

DAY 5

White wine at Azurmendi, could have been Arima De Gorka Izagirre

1994 Lopez de Heredia Tandonia Gran Reserva

2002 Vega Sicilia

Peter Siemens Ximenez-Spinola Pedro Ximenez

2012 Aispurua Getariako Txakolina

2012 Txomiri Etxaniz Txakoli

1986 Vega Sicilia

1991 Vega Sicilia Reserva Especial

1994 Vega Sicilia Reserva Especial

1995 Vega Sicilia Reserva Especial

2009 Lara O

DAY 6

2008 Chateau De Fieuzal Sauvignon Blanc

1994 Vega Sicilia

2007 Colntino Graciano

2005 Ygay Gran Reserva

2010 Flor de Pingus

DAY 7

1981 Via Real Gran Reserva

1981 Lopez de Heredia Bosconia Gran Reserva

1970 Cune Imperial

2007 Contino Vina del Olivo

2009(?) Aalto PS

DAY 8

2006 Miguel Merino Reserva

2006 Ramirez de Ganuza Reserva

2013 Marques de Riscal Rueda

2009 Marques de Riscal Reserva

DAY 9

2012 Artadi Vinas de Gairi

2005 Artadi Pagos Viejos

2010 Artadi El Carretil

2012 Contino Blanco

2009 Contino Graciano

2007 Contino Reserva

2010 Contino Garnacha

2007 Contino Gran Reserva

2010 Contino Vina del Olivio

1991 Lopez de Heredia Tandonia Blanco

1999 Lopez de Heredia Tandonia Blanco

2003 Lopez de Heredia Bosconia

2002 Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Reserva

DAY 10

2006 Sierra Cantabaria San Vicente

2006 SV El Puntido

2006 SV La Nieta

2006 SV El Bosque

2008 SV Victorino

2012 SV Organza

1960 Vega Sicilia Unico (died in bottle)

1975 Vega Sicilia Unico

2006 Abadia Retuerta X

DAY 11

2010 Barrel Sample Aalto

2010 Barrel Sample Aalto PS

2013 Barrel Sample Aalto

2013 Barrel Sample Aalto PS

1996 La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva

1991 Vega Sicilia Unico Valvera 20 Manzanas

2012 Pingus

2013 Pingus Barrel Sample

2013 Pingus Flor Barrel Sample

DAY 12

2007 Quincha Corral Vino De La Tierra El Terrerazo

1994 Rioja Alta Gran Reserva

Pedro Ximenez “Tradicion”  20 Anos

1995 Vega Sicilia Unico

DAY 13

2011 Vallegarcia Viognier Montes De Toledo

2010 Artadi Vinas de Gain

DAY 14

2005 Muga Prado Enca Gran Reserva

2012 Las Terrasses

After Spain

2011 Frank Family Vineyard NV

2011 Straight Line Tempranillo

2012 Couloir John Sebastiano Pinot Noir