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How to read Spanish wine vintages, honestly | a Spanish red against a stone map of Spain · Spanish Terroir
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How to read Spanish wine vintages, honestly

How to read Spanish wine vintages: why one chart misleads, where the official council ratings live, when the year matters, and how to use it.

Adolfo Gatell··5 min
What terroir means in wine, without the mystique | a Spanish red against a stone map of Spain · Spanish Terroir
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What terroir means in wine, without the mystique

What terroir actually means in wine: the official definition, the four levers of soil, climate, altitude and the human hand, and how to taste it at home.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Which red wine goes with chorizo | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
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Which red wine goes with chorizo

Which red wine goes with chorizo: why pimentón and fat rewrite the match, the pours from fresh to cured, and the Spanish reds that meet the paprika head on.

Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Spanish wine for bitterballen and the borrel | a Spanish red beneath limestone cliffs · Spanish Terroir
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Spanish wine for bitterballen and the borrel

Which Spanish wine suits bitterballen: why brut nature Cava beats everything beside the fryer, the full borrelplank mapped, and what to do about mustard.

Adolfo Gatell··4 min
Spanish wine for mussels, the Zeeland way | a Spanish red beneath limestone cliffs · Spanish Terroir
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Spanish wine for mussels, the Zeeland way

Spanish wine for mussels: why Albariño beats white-wine-in-the-pot logic, what changes with garlic, cream or tomato, and the pours for every Zeeland season.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Which wine goes with squid and calamari | a Spanish red beneath limestone cliffs · Spanish Terroir
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Which wine goes with squid and calamari

Which wine goes with squid and calamari: why the cooking method decides everything, the pours from fried to grilled to ink, and the Spanish whites to chill.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Why Albariño is perfect for seafood | a Spanish red beneath limestone cliffs · Spanish Terroir
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Why Albariño is perfect for seafood

Why Albariño and seafood work so well: acidity, salinity and no oak, which style fits oysters, rich fish or the grill, and the bottles to buy first.

Adolfo Gatell··7 min
Spanish wine for mushroom risotto | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
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Spanish wine for mushroom risotto

Spanish wine for mushroom risotto: why earth and umami change the match, the red and white routes, and the Spanish bottles that meet the forest on the plate.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Wine for a Spanish dinner party, planned | a Spanish red beneath limestone cliffs · Spanish Terroir
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Wine for a Spanish dinner party, planned

Wine for a Spanish dinner party: the bottle-per-guest math, the cava-to-garnacha arc, how to plan quantities and temperatures, and the case to order once.

Adolfo Gatell··4 min