Viva Vino! Spain’s Finest Winemakers

SIX WINEMAKERS. SIX REGIONS. ONE EVENING ACROSS SPAIN.

Some wines tell a story. The best ones tell the story of the person who spent a lifetime getting them into the bottle — and across two nights, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th August, we are pouring six of them, each with a tapa made to match.

Six wines. Six tapas. Six regions. One journey from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

This is the grand tour: bubbles to start, a single-vineyard Albariño from Galicia, an oaked Verdejo made by a woman who used to make Vega Sicilia, a pure Graciano from Rioja, velvet and muscle from Priorat, and one of the Duero’s modern classics to finish. If you have ever nodded along to words like Rueda, Rioja and Priorat without being entirely sure what separates them, this is the evening that joins the dots. No jargon, no exam at the end — just six seriously good wines, the people behind them, and a tapa alongside every glass so you can taste exactly what a good pairing does.

🍾 THE LINEUP 🍾

🥂 Sofía Cañizares Cava — Bodegas Volver, D.O. Cava
Macabeo and Chardonnay, with fine, fragrant bubbles, white orchard fruit and a whisper of Mediterranean herbs and warm pastry. Every good Spanish evening starts with a glass in your hand before you have even sat down. This is that glass.

🥂 Fillaboa Monte Alto 2019 — Bodegas Fillaboa, D.O. Rías Baixas
Albariño from the Monte Alto plot alone: higher ground, older vines, the estate’s great wine. Ripe apple and citrus with a brioche edge, and a texture that startles anyone who thinks Albariño is only about freshness. Galicia in a glass — river, granite and Atlantic air.

🥂 Begoña Jovellar Verdejo 2022 — D.O. Rueda
Begoña spent years as an oenologist at Vega Sicilia before putting her own name on a label, and the pedigree shows. Citrus and fennel, a gentle touch of oak, honey and a saline flick on a long, elegant finish. Proof that Verdejo deserves a far better reputation than cheap and cheerful.

🥂 Selva Nevada 2021 — Vinos Villota, D.O.Ca. Rioja
One hundred per cent Graciano — the low-yielding, nearly-abandoned Rioja grape that growers hold on to because it does something Tempranillo simply cannot. Dark cherry and plum, berries, vanilla and a beautifully judged balance. Martha’s verdict: stunning Rioja for an incredible price.

🥂 Formiga de Vellut 2020 — Clos Galena, D.O.Q. Priorat
Garnacha and Syrah from Priorat’s steep slate terraces, from a project born in 1999 out of one man’s belief in what those hillsides could do. The name means velvet ant, and that is exactly right: full and powerful on arrival, pure velvet on the way out.

🥂 Abadía Retuerta Selección Especial 2022 — V.T. Castilla y León
A twelfth-century abbey estate on the Duero that sits just outside the Ribera del Duero boundary — which is why it carries no DO, and why they are free to blend Tempranillo with Syrah. Blackberry, red plum and fig, clove and bay leaf, ripe tannins and a finish that goes on and on. A big, generous way to end the night.

YOUR HOST

Martha runs the room like a conversation, not a lecture. She wants to know which of the six wins you over and, more importantly, why — so expect to score your favourites and compare notes with the table. It is a brilliant evening for anyone just starting out with Spanish wine: nothing is assumed, nothing is showing off, and questions are always encouraged.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

✔ Six wines from six of Spain’s finest producers
✔ A tapa paired with every wine
✔ Expert guided tasting with Martha
✔ A region-by-region tour, from Atlantic Galicia to Mediterranean Catalonia
✔ The stories of the people behind every bottle
✔ A clear sense of what makes each region different — and which one is yours

€50 per person | Thursday 27th & Friday 28th August | 6pm – 8pm | 16 places per night
Martha’s Vineyard Moraira — six remarkable winemakers, one unforgettable journey across Spain.