Thanks to all of you who came to the January 2012 Vino Valencia Wine Night and made it an amazing night.

The three wines offered this month were:

• Embrujo Blanco 2011
• Embrujo Negro 2011
• Argentum 2009

All these beautiful wines were offered by Bodegas Torrevellisca and accompanied by a tapa especially created by La Comisaria for this event!

A special thanks also to Riki Wigley, for the wine consulting, and to Suzie Garcia for the great work at the reception.

In order to see the photos of last night event, click here Photos of the January 2012 Vino Valencia Wine Night.

Vino Valencia hopes to see at the next event!

Address: Fontanars dels Alforins (Valencia)

Telephone: 96 22 22 261

URL: www.bodegas-torrevellisca.es/

Sponsor of After holidays, Vino Valencia is happy to be back: on January the 25th @ La Comisaria! with:

• Embrujo Blanco 2011
  

Built in 1993, Bodegas Torrevellisca was started by 20 dels Alforins Fontanars farmers who, after considering the conversion of vineyards years ago, decided to unite under this name for establishing a common direction towards obtaining high quality wines.

Today, Bodegas Torrevellisca opens a new phase and commitment in order to address a significant growth in business volume, combining tradition and modernity ..

Bodegas Torrevellisca totally controls the production of their wines, allowing to keep a strict and constant quality control through selected crop. A winery with its own vineyards, which has established production protocols that ensure perfect traceability of their wines.

The first wines of Bodegas Torrevellisca appeared on the Spanish market in 1993; The Acceptance Torrevellisca wine has been so great that it was decided to increase the capacity of the aging cellars, in order to devote part of them to the export production.

A renewed and very careful process has enabled us to obtain top quality wines. Analyses were conducted by independent laboratories and our wines qualified as excellent.

Our facilities are spread over 48,450 m2 of land, 1920 of which are designed to hold and drafts. Their arks are home to 600 barrels of American oak and French, and more than 20,000 bottles rest in the bottle, where the wines Torrevellisca acquire accurate roundness. The winery is equipped with controlled fermentation tanks and stainless steel facilities, including a bottling line of over 2,000 bot. / hour.

Despite having this first-class infrastructure, Bodegas Torrevellisca still controls strictly its productive capacity in order to continue offering high quality wines.

Torrevellisca wines, after undergoing a rigorous selection process, are subject to aging in oak barrels and then bottled. It is in the bottle where the wine reaches the peak of its evolution, protected from any contact with air and This long process requires attentive care at every moment by winemakers and tasters alike. At the end of this long process, the wine is finally allowed to reveal the excellence that nature has bestowed.

Type: white wine

Winery: Bodega Torrevellisca, Valencia.

Used on event: After holidays, Vino Valencia is happy to be back: on January the 25th @ La Comisaria!

This white young semi sweet wine is made from 100% Malvasia.

Nocturnal harvesting and fermented for 10 days at 15ºC without aging.

Vino Valencia Tasting Notes

Appearance:Slightly yellowish colour, with a youthful, greenish hue.
Nose: Persistent fruity aromas.
Palate: Low acidity, rich in sugars, very persistent end.
Restaurant La Comisaría food thoughts: Cod marinated sphere with roasted garlic soufflé.

Type: red wine

Winery: Bodega Torrevellisca, Valencia.

Used on event: After holidays, Vino Valencia is happy to be back: on January the 25th @ La Comisaria!

This Red Young Oaked wine is made from 50% Syrah y 50% Monastrell.

Nocturnal Harvesting, fermented for 15 days at 24ºC and aged 1 month in French oak casks.

Vino Valencia Tasting Notes

Appearance: Bright purplish red colour, with violet-shaded rim and abundant tears.
Nose: Ripe red fruits, blackberry, blueberry and strawberry.
Palate: Soft and sweet on the palate. Good tannicity, with a balsamic retro-olfaction final.
Restaurant La Comisaría food thoughts:Crispy “rulo” with goat cheese and red onion marmalade.

Type: red wine

Winery: Bodega Torrevellisca, Valencia.

Used on event: After holidays, Vino Valencia is happy to be back: on January the 25th @ La Comisaria!

This red crianza wine is made from 50% Tempranillo and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, hand- selected harvest.

Fermentation during 12 days at 25ºC, aged for 15 months in American (50%) and French (50%) oak casks.

Vino Valencia Tasting Notes

Appearance:Deep black cherry colour, well covered.
Nose: Ripe red fruits bouquet with vanilla and coee shades.
Palate: Full, round, pleasing fruity sensation, persistent and long tasting.
Restaurant La Comisaría food thoughts: Foie bombón with surprise crust.

Vino Valencia would like to invite you to the January wine night, which will take place on Wed 25th of January at La Comisaria, a new peculiar restaurant in Valencia, where you can enjoy “illegal food”.

Vino Valencia will offer you 3 high quality wines from the Comunidad Valenciana, that, of course, will be accompanied by 3 delicious tapas; do not forget that if you like the wines you try, you will have the opportunity to purchase them directly at the event for a special price.

This evening starts at 8.00 pm and lasts until 9.30 pm and, as usual, you can participate in this social and business networking for 10 € per person.

For those who want to stay after Vino Valencia, the wine night will go on with a very special dinner organized by the restaurant, where you will be able to enjoy the interesting food offered by La Comisaria; we will take reservations for this dinner on the evening of the event.

Please bear in mind that this time we are hosted by a cosy little restaurant therefore we can only accept a maximum of about 40/45 reservations.

Please keep in mind that if you reserved a spot, we expect you to come. If for any reason you cannot make it, please inform us on beforehand on 691906102 or info@vino-valencia.com
Remember that we keep reservations until 20:45hr only, after that it will be first come first serve until 21:00hr. After that time we will not let anybody in anymore. Thanks for your understanding.

We are looking forward to welcoming you on Wednesday, January 25th for the Vino Valencia 2012 first Night!

Once people have signed up for the event, you will see their names here:

If you have any comments or suggestions, please drop us a line.

La Comisaría is located in the Barrio del Carmen and offers delicious Mediterranean cuisine within a relax, simple and very welcoming atmosphere.

With the best and freshest ingredients from the market Eddie, the chef, combines creative dishes which will surprise your palate.

Enjoy the place, before or after your dinner, and discover their extensive wine list and drinks in good company.

The restaurant La Comisaria is located at Plaza del Arbol, 5, 46003 Valencia and its telephone is 963910739.

Please find below a Google Map with the location of La Comisaria.

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La Comisaria is the restautant of After holidays, Vino Valencia is happy to be back: on January the 25th @ La Comisaria!

Address: C/ Pedro Más. 23 – 03407 – La Encina, Alicante

Telephone: 610410945

URL: www.bodegalaencina.com/

Sponsor of El Peix Daurat will host the November Vino Valencia event! with:

• Albalat Roble 2010
  

In the era of technology and mechanization, Bodega La Encina choose to be craftsmen, in order to be able to look after their grapes and their wines, to care for a unique product as well as to place this product on our table that respects its environment and the future and past of the land in which it grows, cultivating varieties of indigenous grapes that date back a thousand years.

The vineyards are located in Almansa and Caudete in Castilla La Mancha and Villena in Alicante. It is the only land without phylloxera and practically without fungal attacks.

Bodega La Encina undertake TOTALLY ORGANIC cultivation, without the use of any fertilizers or chemical treatments. They harvest the grapes by hand, with expert care they are transported in boxes in the lorries so as they don’t break or ferment before arriving at the winery.

The winery and its processes are subject to strict controls by official organisations that endorse us with their quality marks.
Currently, the wines of the Bodega La Encina are recognised and regulated as ORGANIC WINES, with both the cultivation and the production complying with the corresponding auditory controls.

Address: Utiel Requena

SPONSOR OF La Querencia will host the April Vino Valencia event! WITH:

Sponsor of On Thursday, December 15, Vino Valencia “Christmas” event at La Querencia! with:

• Malcriat
  

Bodega Cata Ruz is a new winey: more info will be update soon.

Address: Pago de Santana, 46391 Rebollar (Valencia)

Telephone: 607 436 362

URL: www.carceldecorpa.es/

Sponsor of On Thursday, December 15, Vino Valencia “Christmas” event at La Querencia! with:

• 9 de Octubre
  

The wine-making tradition began in the 1920´s with Feliciano Cárcel, grandfather to the current owners. His sons took over in the 1940´s with Ernesto senior building a new bodega. His sons, the two brothers commenced a modernisation process in the early 80´s producing their first wine in 1982, Rebollar, a red wine whose name survives today as a young style wine also sold in bag in the box format.

Today Carlos makes his wine from this original bodega and Ernesto makes his from a subterranean bodega on the outskirts of town, which was built in the early 90´s.

Ernesto and Pepa Cerveró have some 20 hectares of Macabeo, Bobal, Garnacha and Tempranillo which from the 2011 vintage will be ecologically certified and will carry the certification on its labels which should help with marketing in Northern Europe. Currently the wines are sold directly from the property and through a distributor in Valencia. Ernesto is also a committee member of Ferevin, the organisation responsible for Requenas August wine fair each year and which his brother Carlos is President of.

The bodega is set into a hill-side and consists of a main building housing stainless-steel deposits on the lower level together with a bottling, tasting and sales area. Upstairs there are the destalking machine and press, as well as a laboratory and an office. The barrel park is a long brick-lined tunnel set off the rear of the ground floor and here can be found the american oak barricas which Ernesto prefers.

Text by Riki Wigley (http://rikiwigley.wordpress.com)