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Elegant Spanish reds, and where to find them | a Tempranillo above sunset vineyards · Spanish Terroir
Tasting

Elegant Spanish reds, and where to find them

Elegant Spanish reds are the country's most exciting wines now: where the finesse comes from, which regions make it, and how to serve it right.

Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Spatburgunder vs Garnacha de Gredos | a Spanish red beneath the sierra at sunset · Spanish Terroir
Grape varieties

Spatburgunder vs Garnacha de Gredos

How German Spatburgunder and high-altitude Gredos Garnacha compare: two pale, cool-climate elegant reds, and which one is the better buy today.

Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Sierra de Gredos wine pairing, done right | a Spanish red beneath the sierra at sunset · Spanish Terroir
Pairing

Sierra de Gredos wine pairing, done right

Sierra de Gredos wine pairing: why these pale, high-altitude Garnachas eat like cool Burgundy, and the dishes they love from duck to mushrooms.

Adolfo Gatell··8 min
Spanish wine for a vegetarian dinner | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
Pairing

Spanish wine for a vegetarian dinner

Spanish wine for a vegetarian dinner: why vegetables flip the pairing rules, the pours from greens to mushrooms, and a two-bottle plan for the table.

Adolfo Gatell··5 min
The best Spanish reds to serve chilled | a Spanish red against a stone map of Spain · Spanish Terroir
Tasting

The best Spanish reds to serve chilled

The best Spanish reds to serve chilled: which styles love a 30-minute fridge, why temperature unlocks them, the exact degrees, and the bottles to start with.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Sourcing collector-grade Spanish wine | a wine bottle over terraced vineyards at dusk · Spanish Terroir
Producers

Sourcing collector-grade Spanish wine

How collectors source Spanish wine: what makes a bottle collectable, where the icons trade, provenance rules, and the undervalued shelf worth knowing.

Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Spanish wine for a date night with Spanish food | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
Pairing

Spanish wine for a date night with Spanish food

Planning a date night with Spanish food: the three-bottle arc from Cava to Garnacha, what to pour with tapas, paella and cheese, and how to serve it.

Adolfo Gatell··7 min
The best Spanish wine for the barbecue | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
Pairing

The best Spanish wine for the barbecue

The best Spanish wine for the barbecue: why chilled reds beat warm ones over coals, the pours for every grill from sardines to ribs, and the summer case.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Garnacha vs Tempranillo: Spain's two red answers | a Tempranillo above sunset vineyards · Spanish Terroir
Grape varieties

Garnacha vs Tempranillo: Spain's two red answers

Garnacha vs Tempranillo compared honestly: structure, fruit, where each grape grows, what each does at the table, and which bottle to open first.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
The Spanish section of a restaurant wine list | a Tempranillo above sunset vineyards · Spanish Terroir
Sommelier

The Spanish section of a restaurant wine list

How to build the Spanish section of a restaurant wine list slot by slot: by-the-glass picks, the Rioja slot and its alternative, sparkling and sizing.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Spanish reds for Burgundy and Pinot Noir lovers | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
Tasting

Spanish reds for Burgundy and Pinot Noir lovers

Spanish reds for Burgundy and Pinot Noir lovers: the three lanes, Gredos Garnacha, Bierzo Mencía and the new pale wave, with a ladder of bottles to climb.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Spanish wine for Middle Eastern food | an old vine beside a dark bottle at dusk · Spanish Terroir
Pairing

Spanish wine for Middle Eastern food

Spanish wine for Middle Eastern food: how za'atar, sumac, tahini and grilled lamb reshape the match, the pours from mezze to shawarma, and the bottles to chill.

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

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
A red wine bottle beside a gnarled old Garnacha bush vine on stony high ground at sunset
Grape varieties

The quiet power of old-vine Garnacha

What altitude and old vines do to Garnacha: how Sierra de Gredos turns a misunderstood workhorse into a pale, perfumed, Burgundy-shaped red, and the bottles to taste it.

Adolfo Gatell··6 min