More wine to beat the crisis

The good thing about the Spring break is that I can enjoy more wine tastings. I've tried two more white wines with arguable quality, however they have interesting labels as well as names: barefoot and pancake. Barefoot has a variety of white wines, all monograpes, this means they use only a kind of grape for each wine. I did not tried the reds, but all whites are kind of refreshing, but definitely whites are not astonishing wines. Their website is also kind of refreshing: www.barefootwine.com
I guess they play with the name, you are barefoot when you have to press the grapes and you are barefoot in the beach, where you disconnect, enjoy, get a refreshing swim and a cool glass of wine.
The website it reminds me of a travel agency for any Caribbean island. They have an image of a wood wall, typical from touristic beach destinations; however, it could be associated it with wood barrels. Anyway, this website makes me want to go to the beach and have a seafood paella with a cold glass of wine (probably not barefoot...).

The other wine, also a crisis wine, has funny label and name: pancake. Im not sure if this wine would match with pancakes. its a mix of different grapes, being the final product nothing spectacular. This is the only image i could fine, also not sure if it will match the laughing cow cheese... The main figure of the label is a huge grape, it's cute, isn't it??

Celler del Roure

Under petition of one follower I'll post the wine labels of the two wines made by Celler del Roure. Soon I'll give more info about them, since they are interested in these blog/website. Maduresa is my favorite wine label.

Maduresa

Les Alcusses

Translation of josemaria comments

This is a correction + more info and curiosities about Terra Alta. Terra Alta has a guarantee of region of origin for wines. It was at the beginning of the 20th century when they developed Art Noveau wineries, with a great cultural interest. Some were designed by Cesar Martinell, architect and disciple of Gaudi. Other curiosity is that Pablo Picasso spent one year, in 1898, in a village of this region. He met the here Manuel Pallares, an artist who later on would introduce Picasso in the cultural life of Barcelona... as well as the night life of the city.

Thanks for the comments!

Stone Cellars by Beringer (California)

As my teacher repeats us, students, 3 times in a row that we have to work, work, work, I could also emphasize one thing about this wine: boring, boring, boring. Starting with the label: a traditional painting of a country house surrounded by vineyards. Of course, in the lower part there is the emblem of the winery, a stamp of tradition and quality. Could be more boring? The type is kind of interesting, it seems like stone carve, specially the word "stone".
More boring components: the taste. Please note that this label is of a Merlot wine and I'm going to comment about the white Chardonnay. It is a basic standard taste of Chardonnay, nothing memorable after you've drunk it, or worthy to emphasize. It has a nice body and texture and what is nicer: the price. To overcome the economy crisis you get for less than $10 a HUGE bottle of Chardonnay, it will help you to forget the monetary problems.

guarantee of region of origin of a wine

As we mentioned below, Terra Alta is a region without a guarantee of region of origin. If you want to know a bit more about the Denominaciones de origen, here is a definition:

DENOMINACIÓN DE ORIGEN Originally designed as a guarantee of the place of origin and quality of wine, the Denominación de Origen is now also used for other products such as cheeses, olive oil, fruit and meat, especially where the production of a particular region is highly regarded (as in the case of olive oil from Jaén, Manchego cheese, or Jabugo cured ham). EU law now regulates the use of such labeling.

Spain has numerous denominaciones, the most famous may be Rioja and Ribera del Duero. In my region (Valencia-Alicante) we have 2 main relevant: Utiel-Requena and Marina Alta. By the way, all these places are faboulous gastromic vacation destinations!