The Coastal Maverick of the Sherry Triangle Stand on the edge of the Barrio Bajo in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, look out across the mouth of the Guadalquivir River toward the wild wetlands of Doñana National Park, and breathe in. The air doesn’t just smell like Spain; it smells like raw brine, crushed oyster shells, and…
Mention red wine from Spain to any casual enthusiast, and their mind immediately drifts to the heavyweights: the oak-aged Tempranillo of Rioja, the structural, sun-drenched bottles of Ribera del Duero, or perhaps the slate-grown, muscular garnachas of Priorat. But if you drift south of Madrid, down past the historic windmilled plains of Don Quixote and…
Few wine regions evoke a sense of place as vividly as Rías Baixas. Tucked away in the green, rain-swept northwestern corner of Spain known as Galicia, this coastal paradise flips the script on classic Spanish viticulture. Forget the sun-baked, dusty plains of Rioja or the scorching valleys of Ribera del Duero. Rías Baixas is a…
There is a distinct magic in finding a wine region that feels like an unmapped secret, even when it wraps around one of the most famous wine destinations on earth. If you travel two hours southwest of Barcelona into the rugged heart of Catalonia, you will find the towering, sheer limestone cliffs of the Montsant…
If Spanish wine has a spiritual homeland, it belongs within the sun-drenched, walled borders of Rioja. Stretching lazily along the banks of the Ebro River in northern Spain, Rioja is a landscape where time seems to expand. Here, ancient medieval villages fortified with golden sandstone overlook vast, rolling seas of grapevines that turn a fiery…
There is an eerie, beautiful silence that hangs over the hills of Priorat. If you stand in a vineyard in the late afternoon, the only sound you are likely to hear is the crunch of brittle, dark slate shifting beneath your boots and the steady whistle of the wind sweeping down from the Serra de…
There is a distinct moment when you realize you are drinking a great Ribera del Duero. It isn’t just the deep, opaque violet hue in the glass, or the immediate aromatic wave of black fruit, shaved graphite, and sweet spice. It is the texture. It is a wine that somehow manages to feel structural yet…