Borja is a small town in the province of Zaragoza with a huge wine tradition. The difference with other areas of vineyards lies in the peculiarity of its first winery, built centuries ago in the rock of the hills. 19th-century Borjan traders served from within the mountain and their offices were converted over time into family residences and holiday homes. In any case, wine remains a benchmark in the Campo de Borja region and the Moncayo, its neighbour. It is true that a few months ago the region’s, and the world’s, attention was drawn to the controversial restoration of the church’s Ecce Homo by a lady with the priest’s agreement. However, the world

  That sherry is one of the best wines in the world is clear even to the Japanese. This is the defence of the prestigious journalist Yoshiko Akehi, a specialist in Spanish wines, who has given in to the charms of this particular wine from Jerez. Its taste and its aged aroma, universally appreciated, are the fruit of gifted lands in the Andalusian provinces of Cadiz and Seville. The climate of the area is the great ally in making this liquid miracle behind which there is exhaustive work in a millenary legacy. The well-known Marco de Jerez (frame of Jerez) is a privileged geographical Triangle where excellent wines and brandies have their origin. From these, a whole tourist r

"Que no te la den con queso" (Don’t be given it with cheese) is a very popular Spanish expression that warns us against lying. It roughly translates to "not be fooled" and comes from a trick that winemakers formerly used when they wanted to sell a poor quality wine to merchants. The trick was to serve them a slice of cheese before they tried the wine to hide its defects. In fact, finding harmony between wine and cheese is difficult but not impossible, and what before had a negative connotation, has now become compulsory for all gourmets. Today, many books and specialized courses teach us how to correctly combine cheeses and wines. This is pairing, th

Dinner among friends. A sharp movement and a little of the deep red Barrantes wine stains the white tablecloth. One of the diners, the ‘galaicocostumbrist’ painter Abel Barandela, has an idea. Using a rolled up serviette as a brush, he starts to draw with the dark wine. Fascinated by the discovery, Barandela decides to replace his habitual palette in one of his series of paintings with a little orthodox traditional ceramic pot of wine. Barrantes is known as ‘Manchamorros’ [the mouth stainer] for the dark colour it leaves on your lips when you drink it. With a low alcohol graduation thanks to its sugar level and its uncommon fruity flavour, it is unusual to see

  There are few such pleasures to the palate as slowly sipping a glass of orange wine from Huelva County. A delicious local liquor that has now been denomination of origin for several months. This aromatised liquor is patiently aged in American oak barrels and to compensate its natural sweetness, sun-dried orange peel is later added. Better served with ice, orange wine from Huelva County has a different taste by day or by night, or if we decide to accompany it with chocolate and other sweets, or sweet and sour salads or a cheese board.   Orange wine from Huelva County is the latest sensation from a large area in the south east of this province of Andalusia. This is a

Want to buy a Spanish wine, but have no idea how to decipher the myriad of choices available? Spain's Rioja region wine labels ease the process by including the following two (2) markers: The DOCa" (Denominación de Origen Calificada) seal, which verifies that the wine meets the stringent qualification necessary to be labeled an authentic Rioja wine. The Rioja Classification label, four (4) different colored labels describing the expected level and method of aging in barrels/bottles: Joven or Cosecha (Green Label): Typically young wines 1-2 years old, focused on freshness and fruitiness. Also occasionally used to describe wines outside the other three wine categories. Easy-

A long, long time ago (maybe more than a thousand years), a woman took the king of the Crown of Aragon a glass of horchata. – What is this, maiden? – It is tiger nut milk [an edible tubercle]. – This isn't milk. It is gold, dear! [In those times, the phrase in Valencian language sounded rather like: “¡Açò no és llet, açò és OR, XATA!"]. From this phrase, from these two words, “or” (gold) and “xata” (pretty), the term ‘Horchata’ was formed, giving its name ever since, as legend would have it, to the most famous drink on the Spanish East Coast.

  According to the Real Academia de la Lengua (Spanish Royal Academy) wine, “is an alcoholic liquor made from the juice of squeezed grapes and cooked naturally by fermentation”. The academic institution itself distinguishes the least four tens of types of broths. Drunk in a glass, in a chato, skin or porrón, well in almost all places, but not in La Rioja. Here there are only two ways to take the brew: to drink it or to experience it. The region's rural houses open their doors to understand the tasting from the vine. The pleasure of ‘ experiencing’ wine.   The Puelles family cannot understand the land without grapes. Residents of the

  In this case, the pirate flag points to the treasure, and not to the ship. The maps locate its position between the western Mediterranean sky and the arid desert in the southeast of Spain. Here is El Bar de Jo, a picturesque premises (to describe it in some way) for drinks, which gathers motorcyclists, rock 'n' roll fanatics with tattoos, allergic summer-goers and the crowds and lovers of legendary dawns.   It all started about 20 years ago when Jo, a French motorcyclist, decided to set up in Los Escullos, a setting between the sea and the Cabo de Gata hills on the eastern coast of Almería. Here he built a small beach huts between ficus trees,