Spain

19th Aug 2010

Sherry: the world's greatest fortified wine

It's the first rule of pessimism that when things are bad they invariably get worse. Just ask Sarah Ferguson or the nine Sherry bodegas who were recently fined E6.7m by Spain's National Competition Commission. At a time when the region is... Read more

5th Aug 2010

The other side of own-label

As oxymorons go, they may not be as absurd as "French resistance", "amicable divorce" and "camping holiday", but there's still something fundamentally silly about Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Spaghetti... Read more

23rd Jul 2010

Wines to drink by the Med

When the package tour operator Goldtrail Travel collapsed last week, cancelling the summer holidays of some 50,000 customers, bar owners in Greece and Turkey must have had mixed feelings. Goldtrail's rowdier punters were famously enthusiastic... Read more

16th Jul 2010

A toast to Spain

Oh to have been in Rioja when Spain clinched the World Cup on Sunday. The spot I would have chosen is Los Caños, one of my favourite tapas bars, which sits unobtrusively in the corner of Haro's central square. The place has very little... Read more

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