Here is the recipe that I showed you the other day in my Instagram profile Ingredients: 1.2 kg of desalted cod, drained 250 ml of extra virgin olive oil 4 cloves of garlic, chopped ½ big onion, finely chopped ½…
A couple of nice bottles of wine made from White Grenache have reached my hands. Quite special white wines called 25 Vendimias (25 Harvests) vintages 2017 and 2018 of Bodegas Nekeas. Interesting vertical tasting to see the evolution of this…
Today I wanted to tell you about ‘Viñedos Singulares or Singular Vineyards’ a new cathegory of Rioja denomination of origin (wine commission) The rules for the wines produced under this qualification are much more restrictive than those followed by generic…
The San Fermin festival, or sanfermines as locals call it, is one of the best known festivals in the world thanks to the American writer Ernest Hemingway. In his novel ‘Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises’, published in 1926, Hemingway describes…
Pamplona is one of the best Spanish cities to experience. Ancient culture, fascinating history, the Running of the Bulls festival and sensational local food and wine! To make the best of your trip to the old capital of the Kingdom of Navarra, I give you five…
If you’re in the area this weekend make sure that you try some of the casseroles that bars in Pamplona and Navarra elaborate for the 17th Casserole and Wine Competition. And of course don’t forget about the wines!!! On Monday…
We love sparkling wine so we went to Cava Territory, in the Saint Sadurni area of Catalonia, near Barcelona. It was 1872 when the first bottles of Cava were made in the town following the traditional method of second fermentation…
Pamplona is one of the best places in the North of Spain to have Pintxos (Tapas). During the past 19 years a Pintxo Week Competition has been held every year in April. Thus the standards, quality, culinary creativity and fun…
We received a lovely testimonial from our friends from Baltimore, USA. They spent a few days with us during the Running of the Bulls Festival in Pamplona. We were so happy to hear/read what they said that we thought of…
I would like to introduce you to a great winery from the area of Saint Martin of Unx, Navarre. There are many great wineries in such a small town; I shall be introducing them all to you in next posts…
