When winemaker Stuart Spencer attended August's first public pouring of American Tempranillo at Copia, the American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa, he was stunned to see so many colleagues.

Tempranillo is Spain’s second most planted grape, after the the lesser-known airén, and it is the country’s signature varietal wine—one that’s a crowd-pleaser, yet also age-worthy and collectable.

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Portland's love affair for Spanish food and drink is flourishing. We have no shortage of great Spanish wine events--the Oregon Tempranillo Celebration, La Ruta PDX, and World Tapas Day, are just a few ...

It’s hard to imagine Spanish wine without Tempranillo. The black grape has been grown there virtually as long as its inhabitants have made wine. It’s planted extensively across the country, but is ...

The Spanish Ministry for Agriculture, Fishery and Nutrition has announced that the country’s most popular red grape, Tempranillo, is now also the most planted. With a potential of 202,917 ha, ...

In the world's top-ten list of most planted grapes, there is one that you will find almost exclusively in one country. The grape is the red Tempranillo. The country is Spain. Tempranillo is ...

For the bargain hunter who likes to explore, Spanish red wine presents a world of possibilities. If the regions -- with names like Rioja, La Mancha and Valdepenas -- aren't exotic enough, consider the ...

In the glass: Spanish Sons wine is a very deep garnet-red color with a dense core going out into a fine light garnet-red rim definition with high viscosity. On the nose: It has highly pungent, peppery ...

This is one of those big-fish-in-a-big-pond situations. The pond is Spain, the place with more vineyard acreage than any other country on earth, and the fish is tempranillo, Spain’s big red grape ...

In honor of its 20th anniversary, Tempranillo Restaurant is celebrating with a month-long series of specials, seasonal ...