Archive for the 'Personal Travels, Spain' Category

Self-Portrait (with Wine Shop)

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

wineshop-madrid

Ribera de Curtidores, Madrid, Spain, June 3, 2006. I found this alluring, and nicely reflective, wine shop storefront while on an exploration of my old neighborhood, Embajadores, due south of the city center, a few years ago.  On a street famous for its inexpensive knick-knacks—on Sundays, Curtidores is home to the sprawling flea market called El Rastro—it was a bit of a surprise to find such a nicely appointed wine shop selling high-end bottlings. In retrospect, it was just another example of the contrasts that abound on just about any street in any of the country’s major cities.

Gulp Me Now: Dinastía Vivanco gets its Due

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Is Lamb in the Eye of the Beholder?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Tasting Notebook: An Impressive Trio of Older Wines at El Coto

Friday, November 27th, 2009

A Quartered Lamb in a Latina’s Casbah, Part Two

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

A Quartered Lamb in a Latina’s Casbah, Part One

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

American staves, French heads, and leaping raspberry fruit: Tasting at Bodegas LAN

Thursday, November 5th, 2009