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Seafood Conservas: Spain and Portugal's Gift to Fish Lovers
Mussels, razor clams, cockles, barnacles, baby sardines, squid, octopus, tuna belly, anchovies. Packed in olive oil, preserved in escabeche sauce or simply canned in brine. Some people claim that the conservas can surpass fresh seafood in concentrated flavor. And they say that the seafood ages in the can and improves over time, much like fine wines.
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Barcelona Wine Bars
Despite being the big city in the heart of Catalunya, a major wine-producing region itself with 12 separate DOs, Barcelona has traditionally reserved the good wines for restaurants and boutique wine stores. The scene is changing, slowly.
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Eating in Rioja: The Best Wine Country Restaurants
The two most important things when visiting wine country are good wine and good food. In Rioja the confluence of local and regional ingredients and refined cooking techniques trickling in from the nearby Basque Country has created a culinary landscape that matches the depth of the local wine culture.
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What Happened to Fine Dining in Barcelona?
Barcelona’s casual ethos and market cuisine have birthed a new version of haute cuisine. For years, some of Catalonia’s best chefs have been serving diners at the bar, no tablecloth, and by now names like Gresca and Dos Palillos are legendary in Spain. It’s now the most exciting time to eat in the Ciudad Condal (City of the Counts) in years.
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Paul Richardson’s Guide to Eating in Madrid
With so much variety to choose from, navigating Madrid’s restaurant scene can seem like a daunting task. Before you even set sail, it’s worth taking stock of the city’s idiosyncratic dining customs. Most notoriously, the timetable. Madrid eats late: lunch is commonly taken between 2pm and 4pm while dinner is not much earlier than 9pm and often (especially in summer) as late as 11pm.
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Barcelona Today: Updates From the Road
Preliminary thoughts and updates on Barcelona these days. Short reviews on hotels, restaurants, wine bars and cocktail bars. Many of these spots will be written up more fully in upcoming blog posts.
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Rioja Growers & Vignerons
A new generation of Rioja winemakers is bringing vineyard, varietal and terroir focus to the region. What these innovators in Rioja have in common is a focus on single vineyards, some planted with old vines. Young winemakers are searching for an expression of terroir–the essence of the vineyard, soil and climate. Vignerons, grower-producers, artisan winemakers or terroiristas are commonly used terms for these new producers.
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The Great Houses of Rioja
Rioja doesn’t have Grand Crus, but certain wineries in Spain’s most famous wine region have a reputation for fine wines. Classic Rioja wineries make long-aged immortal wines, while new-style producers focus on single vineyard Tempranillo wines.
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Madrid: Updates From the Road
Back from some days in Madrid, so some preliminary thoughts and updates on hotels, restaurants, wine bars and cocktail bars.
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Bistronomía: Casual Fine Dining in Madrid
In Madrid’s democratic dining scene, bistronomía-style restaurants provide diners with the chance to enjoy world-class product and impeccable recipes without the commitment that might come with star-laden tables. Here are some of our picks to try.
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Fine Dining in Madrid
Today all eyes are on Madrid, firmly established as a global food city on all fronts.
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Fine Dining in Porto: New Ideas and Exceptional Products
Porto has long been Portugal’s relatively sleepy second city, but in the last few years the city has woken up and become an exciting, cosmopolitan destination. The change is visible in hotels, museums and winery tasting rooms, but perhaps most of all in the city’s red-hot restaurant scene.
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Essential Priorat Wineries to Visit
Priorat may be the star of Cataluña’s wine lineup. International grape varieties have happily been pushed into the back seat by local Garnacha and Cariñena. Producers new and old have sought to make lighter, fresher wines that don’t need years to calm down. The result? Priorat is here to stay as one of the best wine regions in the world.
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Albariño: Top Producers of Spain's Star White Wine
Rías Baixas in Galicia, Spain, is the most famous wine region in Galicia, though it is often known simply by its characteristic grape: Albariño. Rías are inlets of the Atlantic similar to fjords.
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21st Century Tempranillo: Classics and Rebels in Ribera del Duero
Ribera del Duero occupies the position of challenger to Rioja’s dominance in Spanish red wine. Learn about some of the most important producers to visit to see the best of the old and the new in Ribera del Duero.
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World Class Lisbon Hotels to Enjoy in 2024
Lisbon is an exciting city that will leave you wanting to come back and explore deeper, a place that calls to you even from across the Atlantic.
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Madrid Wine Bars
Madrid, Spain’s sprawling, cosmopolitan capital, happens to be the best place in the country to drink wine. Just as Madrid’s cuisine brings together influences from all over Spain, Madrid wine lists feature the best wines from every corner of the country.
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Restaurants in Andalusia: Tradition and Creation
Today, Andalusia is becoming an incubator for creative cuisine. Using traditional recipes as springboards chefs are resurrecting cooking methods and reintroducing ingredients that had fallen out of favor. Fisherman’s stews, wild game, unusual fish from coastal estuaries, lesser cuts of meat…have all served as inspiration for contemporary cooks.
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Traditional Restaurants in Madrid
Madrid is a global cosmopolitan city with a diverse food scene to match, but the city retains a love of traditional eateries of the type lost to time in many cities.
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Tapas Bars in Madrid
Tapas bars might be Spain’s singular difference from the rest of the eating world. Where else do people crowd into standing room only often tiny bars to eat?