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 the time to register for what promises to be an extraordinary evening. And if you don’t yet […]
Spain
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 Switzerland. Obliged to pass through Bordeaux and Burgundy. May 2016 carry on the way it is starting 🙂
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 no sense. My search took me to the Pesquera home page and – what a surprise – I found […]
World wine consumption stable, production up
Spain now 2nd largest producer GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The world’s wine drinkers are holding steady, consuming nearly 239 million hecolitres of wine in 2013, the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) in Paris said this week. Production increased last year, however, by 8.5 percent worldwide, compared to the weak production in 2012. Spain in […]