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Spanish Wines You Might Not Be Familiar With – #1: Albariño

I will be doing a set of posts on some really delicious wines from Spain that you might not be familiar with.  The two wines that Spain is best known for are the red wines from the La Rioja region and the Cava sparkling wines from the Priorat region outside of Barcelona.  Both are excellentContinue reading “Spanish Wines You Might Not Be Familiar With – #1: Albariño”

Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Tuesday Sept. 20: Shellfish Farming, Lunch at Michelin 1 Star Restaurant, Wine Tasting and Dinner

We had a very full day on Tuesday: a boat trip to see the extensive shellfish farming in the Galician estuaries, a wine tasting followed by lunch at a Michelin 1 Star restaurant, a wine tasting back at the hotel that Howard had arranged, and a welcome dinner hosted by Howard.  We took at shortContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Tuesday Sept. 20: Shellfish Farming, Lunch at Michelin 1 Star Restaurant, Wine Tasting and Dinner”

Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Sept. 19, Day 3 – Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and Baiona

Monday Sept 19 was our first full day as part of Howard’s group of 21 people plus Antonio our guide, Ramon our driver, and Howard.   We stayed in the NH Collection Santiago de Compostela Hotel only one night, the only part of Howard’s trip where we were not in a hotel at least two nightsContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Sept. 19, Day 3 – Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and Baiona”