Posts Tagged ‘wines’

Top 5 don’t miss Iberian Wine trips

By admin • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Gastronomy

As part of our on-going Top 5 series, Ryan from Catavino has come up with the greatest travel adventures to be had in the world of Spanish and Portuguese wine
1. Sanlucar de Barremeda
A small and indiscriminately located town in Andalusia, it is the home of Manzanilla sherry and a place I fell in love with […]



Jamón Serrano: a bit of heaven in your mouth

By admin • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Gastronomy

An act of controlled spoilage in which food reaches the apotheosis of its flavour potential, ham is to pork what cheese is to milk, wine is to grapes. As Harold McGee has said in On Food and Cooking, “Rotten grapes, moldy milk and ripened meat make our lives much more interesting.”
One of the first things […]