(IMAGE: TIM ATKIN MW) The Master of Wine and British journalist Tim Atkin has published his annual monographic report on Rioja and has stood out the work of GÓMEZ CRUZADO among the "outstanding producers" of Rioja that are moving "towards the expression of the individual villages and sites" to give birth to "the very best Riojas".
Winemaker-oenologists Juan Antonio Leza and David González shared their Riojan experience with a classroom full of students at the internationally-acclaimed Faculty of Gastonomic Sciences of the BASQUE CULINARY CENTER (BCC) in San Sebastián. Leza and González broke down the revitalization initiative underway at GÓMEZ CRUZADO, a century old winery in el Barrio de la Estación of Haro. This project is based on a wine-growing and making proposal and marketplace positioning for premium wines rooted in Rioja’s landscape and heritage.
Tickets are now on sale for the third edition of the most exclusive and gourmet HARO STATION WINE EXPERIENCE (LA CATA DEL BARRIO DE LA ESTACIÓN), which will be held on Saturday 16 June in Haro (La Rioja), in a neighbourhood that gathers the largest concentration of century-old wineries in the world. The price to enjoy this great festive day of wine and gastronomy is €100, although the organising wineries have arranged a special advance price of €80.
The Gómez Cruzado Winery in Haro’s Barrio de la Estación will once again host the internationally renowned wine education courses of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Vintage Class, the authorized provider of WSET courses in Spain, is returning to Haro to offer courses of different levels in English and Spanish. Dutch Master of Wine (MW) Frank Smulders will teach the Advanced Level 3 course (WSET 3), scheduled for June 25th - 29th, which includes a training tasting designed for the WSET Level 4 Diploma, also to be led by Smulders MW.
