Join us for our weekly wine flight 4 - 8pm $16 for 5 pours with 3 additional for purchase.
Spain
As the fourth-largest country in Europe, Spain’s geography and climate are exceptionally diverse, comprising many distinctive regions making equally distinctive wines. It dominates the Iberian peninsula in southwestern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, north Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, and Pyrenees Mountains. One of the country’s most distinguishing geographical features, is the Meseta, a wide plateau that covers much of central Spain.
It is also quite a mountainous country, second in Europe only to Switzerland, allowing producers to harness freshness from altitude even in hot areas. One of these mountain ranges, the Cantabrian cordillera, separates Spain’s cool north coast and protects the rest of the country from rainy winds. While Spain’s climate is largely maritime in the north, it becomes more Mediterranean as the land approaches the sea, with an extreme continental climate defining the inland plateau.
History
Though Spain has really only been catapulted into the international wine spotlight over the past 50 years, its wine heritage is one of the oldest in the world. Grapevines first came to Spain more than 3,000 years ago when the Phoenicians planted vineyards in the region now known as Jerez-Xérès-Sherry. Winemaking continued throughout Roman rule, largely centered along the coasts and even exported to modern-day France and England.
After a period of decline under the rule of the Moors, wine once again became an integral part of Spain’s culture in the late 1400s. Sherry was a coveted export, and later, the onset of phylloxera in France drove French winemakers to relocate their expertise—and their barricas—to northeastern regions like Rioja and Navarra. Unfortunately, phylloxera soon found its way to Spain’s vineyards, decimating the country’s wine industry. While vineyards were replanted, winemaking technology languished and Spain’s wines largely remained under the radar under the rule of a military dictatorship.
The Flight 4 -8pm $16 for 5 tastes with 3 additional for purchase.
Hacienda Lopez de Haro DOCa Rioja Blanco 2024 $15 - 100% Viura. Bright pale yellow hue, reflecting its youthfulness and vibrancy. As the glass is brought to the nose, intense aromas of stone fruits such as peach and apricot unfold, accompanied by a subtle citrus hint of lemon that adds vitality. On the palate, it is smooth, with a refreshing acidity that perfectly balances its fruity character.
Matsu DO Toro “Picaro” 2024 $20 - 100% Tempranillo. This wine has a great and profound color, an expression of its young age. It has an intense aroma in which one can find dark fruits such as blackberries and blueberries, mineral notes also appear, creating this fresh wine with complexity.
Bernabeleva 2025 Camino de Navaherreros Tinto $22 - Elegant example of Garnacha. Multi-layered, nuanced and generally really exciting - fresh, yet made with old vines. Intense floral bouquet, with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, rose, magnolia and Asian spices.
Josep-Maria Vendrell Montsant "Sere" 2024 $22 - 80% Garnacha, 20% Cariñena from the younger vines of the estate. Red fruit, mostly cherries create a very captivating nose while the airy structure is full, but not firm.
Bodegas Ontoñón Rioja Crianza 2020 $22 -100% Tempranillo. Color is ruby red with great depth and hints of black cherry and violet. Spicy aromas with herbal nuances. Ripe fruit, soft spices and mineral notes. Full and balanced taste. New oak comes through packed with fruity nuances and a long finish.
Bonus Wines
Quinta do Estranxeiro 2024 Ribeira Sacra Branco $28 - The 2025 Branco is mostly Godello, with Albariño and Treixadura completing the blend; Wine.com lists the 2025 as 79% Godello, 13% Albariño, and 8% Treixadura. In the glass, it is pale gold and quietly aromatic, with notes of lemon peel, quince, green apple, pear skin, chamomile, white flowers, wet stone, and a faint herbal-saline edge. The palate is brisk but not thin, carried by Godello’s subtle breadth, Albariño’s sea-spray lift, and Treixadura’s gentle floral spice. It finishes long, clean, and mineral, with the kind of mouthwatering, rocky persistence
Álvaro Palacios 2024 Priorat Camins del Priorat $31 - 40% Garnacha, 20% Cariñena, 20% Syrah (much higher in Syrah), 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot. Warm mulberry, plum and lingonberry fruit flavors are fragrant with cinnamon and dried lavender and sage, plus sweet paprika, graphite, mineral and cocoa powder accents. The expressive profile is aligned with fine, chalky tannins and bright, palate-cleansing acidity.
Psi 2023 Ribera del Duero $46 - 90% Tempranillo + 10% Garnacha. Garnet colored, it opens with pine and herbal notes, then red fruit—cherry and a touch of plum. The palate shows fine-grained tannins, a midweight texture and detailed fruit. The bottle will reveal the Soria character in the interplay of fine tannins and acidity.