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Salute to the “Catavinistas”

Ryan and Gabriella Opaz, the tireless couple behind Catavino.net, don’t mess around.

Apart from compiling a huge trove of information and insight on Iberian wine and constantly tweaking their website to benefit their readers’ online experience, the Barcelona-based duo are also launching the first annual European Wine Bloggers conference next month in Logrono, La Rioja’s capital, a collaboration with Robert McIntosh, author of the UK wine blog, the Wine Conversation.

After a whirlwind trip to Rioja this spring, they compiled an extensive dossier on the Rioja wine region, complete with maps and tasting notes and even video, by far the best single online resource on the region that I know of.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 12:27 pm and is filed under General, Rioja on the Web, Spain, Wine blogs, Wine conferences. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “Salute to the “Catavinistas””

  1. Robert Says:
    July 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Hey! Thanks for the mention. Will you be coming over?

    For your US readers there is also a North American version happening in October (http://winebloggersconference.org/). Hopefully we can get some of the great Riojas tasted there too

  2. Gabriella Opaz Says:
    August 1st, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Thanks so much for being such a great cheerleader for us!! We only wish you could be joining us, especially because we’re in your stomping ground :-) Hopefully, we’ll get you over here next year.

  3. Adrian Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 6:15 am

    I really also wish that I was joining you this time around–as it turns out I will be in Rioja leading a sommelier trip a week and a half after your conference. I had originally thought I might be able to swing an early arrival but it was just not in the cards this year. Looking forward to hearing your reports; will post links and anything else you want to send me.
    All best and good luck!