Rías Baixas: Atlantic Wine in Galicia Rías Baixas begins with water. The Atlantic reaches into Galicia’s western coast through long estuaries called rías, where river water, sea air, fog, and rain meet before they move inland across small vineyards. This is one of Spain’s wettest wine regions, and the problem of ripening grapes here has … Read more
Spain’s DOs: Why Spain Has So Many Wine Regions? In Spanish wine, place often comes before country. Rioja, Rías Baixas, Ribera del Duero, and Jerez appear first. Those names belong to a legal system. In Spain, the most familiar unit in that system is the DO, short for Denominación de Origen. A DO ties a … Read more
I had the privilege of attending an exclusive Mezcal tasting seminar at the Flamingo Room, hosted by the team from Tlecān in Mexico City, ranked no. 3 in North America’s 50 Best Bars and no. 20 in the world: Eli Martínez, Bernardo Serna, Miriam, Karina Arellano. While sipping on a refreshing mango-jalapeño-citrus Solmano mezcal welcome … Read more