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“Bajoz” wines start selling the new vintages with a renovated image

Bajoz, the leading brand in wines from DO Toro in the offtrade, launches a new image with the occasion of the change in the vintages. This new image reflects the character and personality of these wines from DO Toro made by the winery Pagos del Rey in Morales de Toro, Zamora.

The style of the new design keeps the same values and philosophy of Pagos del Rey in terms of quality, innovation and a new way of wine-making without disregarding the origin of the terroir, with a modern and current twist. The Bajoz wine family is formed by a white wine made of malvasia grapes, a rosé young wine, a red young wine made of Tempranillo, an oaked tempranillo “roble”, a red crianza and a special wine: Gran Bajoz.

In the new image, the brand adds the logo of the exbition “Las Edades del Hombre”, since Pagos del Rey is an official partner. This sponsorship includes a plan of cultural and touristic promotion of the exhibition and Pagos del Rey Wine Museum.

Bajoz also launches a special edition of a new wine for this exhibition, a very limited production available in specialized shops and restaurants in Toro and surroundings. This wine is made with grapes from old vineyards, which are harvested by hand. It is a clean and intense red wine, with rich aromas of red berries, toast and spices. Complex notes of minerality and black berries. Powerful taste of caramel, vanilla, spices and balsamic.

4/5/2016

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Pagos del Rey Museo del Vino, finalist in the award for European Wine Museum 2016

Pagos del Rey Wine Museum, which opened in 2014 in the town of Morales de Toro (Zamora), has been chosen as finalist of the European Wine Museum 2016. Among hundreds of participants, the jury of the competition has selected 49 museums from Europe. Pagos del Rey Wine Museum and Cap Ferrat are the only two Spanish wine museums in the final.

Organized by the European Museum Forum, the European Museum of the Year Awards aims to encourage excellence in the museums and it is the most prestigious in Europe. The award was created in 1977 under the European Council to improve innovation in the museums, beyond the traditional vision of collections. In Spain, other museums that got this award are: Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (2000), MARQ in Alicante (2004) CosmoCaixa in Barcelona (2006) and Madinat Al-zahar Museum in Cordoba (2013).

Experts and professionals from all Europe value the following aspects of Pagos del Rey Wine Museum: innovation of the Project, architectural value, collection and restoration of the exhibited pieces, the plan of cultural activates around wine culture, the private involvement of the family Solis in culture as an important element of the area. After the in situ assessment by the jury during a visit to Pagos del Rey Wine Museum, the final decision will be taken in awards ceremony in May in the Topic Museum in Tolosa, where Pagos del Rey Wine Museum will be presented to the audience.

15/1/2016

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Condado de Oriza Crianza, the best crianza from Ribera del Duero

On Sunday December 6th 2015, the German journal Frankfurter Allgemeine published and interesting article about wines from Ribera del Duero, where Condado de Oriza crianza, made by Pagos del Rey in Pagos del Rey winery located in Olmedillo de Roa (Burgos), was chosen as the best “crianza” wine from this appellation among 74 wines.

The article makes a complete review about climate and terroir in Ribera del Duero, and also about tempranillo grapes and their characteristics in this region. In general, it describes the wines from Ribera del Duero as intense coloured and good structure.

Seven judges from the art and culture areas in Germany: Johan Bettum, Michael Neser, Geunhye Yook, Dietrich Volle, Michael Couchet, Stefan Weiler and the experienced columnists Fabian and Cornelius Lange, have chosen Condado de Oriza crianza as the best crianza from Ribera del Duero.

It has a nice ruby colour, with intense aromas of toast and spices, mainly cinnamon, and delicate chocolate and dark berries.

Condado de Oriza crianza is made of tempranillo grapes selected from 20 year-old vineyards in the nearby of Olmedillo de Roa. It has a nice ruby colour, with intense aromas of toast and spices, mainly cinnamon, and delicate chocolate and dark berries. Flavour is full of fruit and well- integrated tannins, persistent and silky sensation.

During the tasting, the wines underwent a blind tasting and at a second stage, a dinner to be paired with 10 wines. The menu of the dinner consisted of tapas, Serrano ham, beef casserole (also known in German as “Rinderragout”) with potatos and carrots and Manchego cheese; all this in wonderful atmosphere where experts discussed about the wines for more than two hours.

15/12/2015

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Pulpo, the new albarino by Pagos del Rey

Pulpo is one of the most recent launches of Pagos del Rey. A white wine made from “albariño” grapes carefully grown in the vineyards of the región “Val do Salnés” (Salnes Valley) in Galicia, which belongs to Rias Baixas appelation.

A delicate wine with aromas of white flowers, hints of peaches and apricots lead to a fresh, fruity palate and an enjoyable finish.

Pagos del Rey, with four wineries located in the main wine-producing appellations in the north of Spain like Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Toro and Rueda, starts a new project with a new wine from Galicia. This wine started its distribution in the restaurants of Spain.

A fruity, fresh wine with aromas of white flowers and apricot

 

The wine making process of this wine is strictly supervised. Fermentation is done at a controlled temperature of 16ºC in stainless steel tanks. The result is a bright wine, pale lemon in colour with hints of apple green.

The recommendation is to be served chilled, perfect with seafood, grilled octopus (“pulpo” in Spanish), and other typical dishes based on seafood, oysters, or mussels.

14/7/2015

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Felix Solis avantis will present the new products in Fenavin

Felix Solis avantis confirms its participation in the next edition of FENAVIN wine fair from May 12th to 14th in Ciudad Real, Spain.

Felix Solis-Ramos, director of export and marketing, declares: “the success of a fair depends on the previous work and preparations in order to maximize our presence in the fair”. For this reason, the company plans a wide calendar of activities, prepared in coordination with the fair organizers.

On Tuesday 12th at 10:30 am in Room 5, the company will have a seminar about Pagos del Rey Wine Museum, opened a year ago and a project that shows the determination of the family company to promote wine tourism and extending wine culture. Rodrigo Burgos, director of Pagos del Rey Wine Museum, will explain about the activities of the museum and other possibilities of the space located in Morales de Toro, Zamora, attached to the winery Pagos del Rey.

After this presentation, Antolin Gonzalez, Chief Wine- Maker in Felix Solis avantis and Felix Solis- Ramos, will present the new products that the company has created thinking of young consumers as the target group in the national and international marketing.

Moreover, the stand of Felix Solis avantis, located in the centre of Virgilio Hall (street 9, stand 4) will be the location to host these activities:

  • Tuesday 12th at 1pm: wine cocktails workshop.
  • Tuesday 12th at 4pm: tasting of Frisse, a refreshing sparkling sangria with fruit flavours.
  • Wednesday 13th at 1pm: tasting of Pulpo (albariño) with seafood specialties.
  • Wednesday 13th at 4pm: wine cocktails workshop with recipes to prepare and enjoy them at home.
  • Thursday 14th at 12:30: tasting of Casa Albali (DO Valdepenas), a new brand by Felix Solis to be enjoyed with tapas typical from the local cuisine: ajoarriero, partridge paté with mushrooms, pisto with salmon; exquisite food made by the Cooking School Gregorio Prieto in Valdepenas.

At the same time, Blume verdejo (DO Rueda) and Arnegui reserve (DOC Rioja) will be tasted in the Wine Gallery. Additionally, Arnegui Reserva has been chosen in Fenavin original to accompany iberico ham by Nico Jamones, a classical food pairing that is always a guaranteed success.

5/5/2015

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Arnegui renews its image in the young wine range: white, red and rosé

Arnegui, the Rioja brand made by Pagos del Rey, especially for the on-trade, renew its image for the launch of the 2014 vintage. A new image that reflects character and personality in these wines made according to DOC Rioja quality standards in Pagos del Rey winery, created in 2006.

The style of this new label of Arnegui white, red and rosé conveys the family values of quality, innovation and a way to understand vine- growing and wine- making respecting original grape varieties, the terroir and the tradition.

With the new presentation, clean and elegant, consumers will undoubtedly identify Rioja current trends. Climate, terroir, fruit, balanced acidity and smooth flavour are the key characteristics of Arnegui, which make of it the ideal partner for a good meal in the best company.

Arnegui white, made of 100% viura, will be found very soon in restaurants with the new Presentation and vintage. A white wine that respects viura characterisitics. Brilliant yellow colour, white flower aromas and citric fruit with a subtle note of creamy passion fruit. Silky flavour and nice and long taste.

Rosé and red Arnegui will be ready in the restaurants at the end of April.

These three wines are completed by a Crianza and Reserva, also under the brand Arnegui; a range that has become many national and international awards in the most prestigious wine competitions that praise the top quality of these wines from Rioja.

29/1/2015

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