Epicurean Ways

29/07/2024

Summer in Spain is all about beachside eating (and drinking!). The beach bars known as chiringuitos that pop up all along the Spanish coast serve up seafood that hits the spot when the days get long and hot. Pictured above, whole grilled squid from the Atlantic.

05/07/2024

Poncio by W***y Moya, Madrid. I’ve known W***y for years and I think Poncio is his best yet. Love the (very creative) shared tapas menu. Beautiful terraza dining in the heart of Madrid.

03/03/2024

Old school cocktails. Madrid

11/02/2024

Barcelona. Happy to see the old haunts alive and thriving and discover some amazing new restaurants and market bars. Wow, can you ever eat well and not expensive in this great city. Full report coming on the Epicurean Ways blog.

07/02/2024

Tripea in the Vallehermoso Market, Madrid. Fusion Asian Peruvian. Absolutely stunning. Madrid casual restaurants are really coming into their own, especially in the Asian and Peruvian spheres.

29/01/2024

Come and see Madrid from the rooftops.

19/01/2024

Gorrión. New kid on the block in Cádiz. Wine on tap + decent selection by the glass. Thank you Jonatán for opening this!

15/11/2023

Street art. Sevilla

03/11/2023

Could be my favorite bar in Jerez. Truth is, Jerez has so many old world haven’t changed in 60 years bars and cafés. Very pure. El arte puro.

09/06/2023

Bina Bar, Chef Juanlu Fernández’s tapas bar/taberna in Jerez. Lu Cocina y Alma, the chef’s Michelin star restaurant is nearby but Bina Bar is perfect for innovative local product tapas and a carefully chosen wine list.

06/06/2023

We love this café-bar-tapas joint in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz). And you will too. It could be breakfast, a sherry before lunch or traditional gaditano tapas, you’ll be accompanied by many a local.

01/04/2023

In addition to producing some of Spain’s greatest Garnacha wines, Vinos de Madrid is also home to beautiful landscapes. Old vines of Garnacha and Albillo Real planted on granite soils are the secret to this region just an hour outside the Spanish capital.

14/02/2023

February morning. Cádiz beach.

30/01/2023

Lustau wine bar, Cádiz

03/12/2022

Rioja Wine Styles: What to Drink in Spain

Aged Riojas–Reservas and Gran Reservas– are drunk on special occasions, often in fine dining restaurants. When it comes time to have a glass of Rioja at a tapas bar or pair a bottle with a traditional Spanish meal, it’s a different type of Rioja you’re most likely to see. The most common and...

16/07/2022

Gambones a la plancha and ortiguillas fritas. 🦐
Some of the best seafood in Spain

16/07/2022

Food 💯. Gambones a la plancha, puntillitas, ortiguillas, papas aliñás. Couldn’t be fresher as it’s next to one of Spain’s best fish markets.

02/07/2022

Listán Wine Tasca in Cádiz. Gloria bendita, finally a wine bar with all of the good Cádiz wines, by the glass, great sherry selection, and a very well chosen list of Spanish wines.

Run don’t walk to Listán when you’re in Cádiz. Plaza San Antonio.

05/06/2022

Bodegas and tabancos in Jerez and Cádiz we love to take you to.

We’ll visit sherry wineries and traditional tabernas called tabancos or ultramarinos.

Jerez and Cádiz have many secret places to visit. Join us for a tabanco tour and a sherry tour.

31/05/2022

Vinoble day 3.

30/05/2022

Vinoble day 2. It’s not just sherry. Great cava, mead, dorado, Carcavelos and more.

30/05/2022

Primitivo Collantes Great to taste Socaire 2019 and Socaire Oxidativo 2016. Plus Tivo ( Uva Rey) and a new unnamed wine.

29/05/2022

Day one Vinoble.

29/05/2022

Great to taste 3 of the 5 Ubes with Ramiro and the Agostado and Pandorga PX

13/05/2022

Feria del caballo en Jerez 2022
The Annual Horse Fair in Jerez de la Frontera
Not horses and sherry only but some amazing flamenco
💃 🐴

06/04/2022

Vines budding in Chiclana.

21/03/2022

Malvasía de Colares from old vines planted on their own roots in sand dunes. This is a stunning, unique wine that reminds you in turns of a Galician white, a Riesling, and a sherry. Colares is the smallest DO in Portugal but it’s worth seeking out, enjoying, and cellaring the rare wines produced just outside of Lisbon

19/03/2022

Lisbon

18/03/2022

Arrábida Natural Park. Setúbal, Portugal

12/03/2022

Tasting at Mas Doix. Beautiful new winery with views to die for. The 1902 exceeded expectations.