Part 1 of 3: wine as a window to the soul of SardiniaA recipe for Sardinian serendipity: rest your body on a cozy stone wall as the sun dips low, sip a 2003 wine made from 140-year-old vines old […]
Learning curve: Galician food & wine coming up
I'll be heading off to Winterthur in early December for an event that features a dinner open to the public, so if you're as keen as I am to learn more about Galician food and wine from Spain, this is […]
Aperitif hour, Andalusia
Aperitif time in southern Spain, Andalusia: sherry and Regañõs, little simple dry olive oil crackers that are perfect for sea-gazing at dusk after a dip in the pool. […]
Happy 2016 – and Kings’ Day from Spain
Celebrating 6 January in southern Spain, a big holiday here - in Spanish style with a very blue meringue and an apple eau-de-vie, before heading off towards Rioja en route home to […]
Surprise memory of Pesquera
I was searching for Pesquera Tinto wine, wondering how prices for this lovely Spanish red wine compare - the answer is, the price ranges from CHF24 in Switzerland to $45 online in the US, which makes […]
World wine consumption stable, production up
Spain now 2nd largest producerGENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The world's wine drinkers are holding steady, consuming nearly 239 million hecolitres of wine in 2013, the OIV (International Organisation of […]