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Bodegas Vertijana 

This month we are back in Granada, raising our glass to the small local producers who continue crafting serious wines despite long droughts and merciless summer heat.

Wine: Bodegas Barahonda

Bodegas Barahonda  Heredad Candela/Petit Verdot. D.O. Yecla: French grapes have a way of slipping across borders — no passport, no papers — and setting up shop in some of Spain’s sunniest corners.

Wine: Bodegas Luis Perez, Garum

By the time this column reaches, you the Bruja will have a lot of duff wines before one is chosen for recommendation. Duff, not because they are off, but rather that they don’t reach a quality threshold to merit a public recommendation.