Grape varieties
Chenin Blanc vs Godello: the textural whites
Chenin Blanc vs Godello compared: two textural, mineral, ageworthy whites, how they differ, and why Godello is the Spanish answer for a Chenin palate.
Adolfo Gatell··7 min
Grape varieties
Txakoli vs Albarino: Spain's coastal whites
Txakoli vs Albarino compared: two Atlantic whites, where their grapes and coasts diverge, what each does at the table, and which to pour when.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Grape varieties
What is Txakoli? The Basque white, explained
What is Txakoli: the bone-dry, faintly spritzy Basque white, where it comes from, what it tastes like, how to pour it high, and the bottle to start with.
Adolfo Gatell··7 min
Grape varieties
Albariño vs Verdejo: Spain's two white answers
Albariño vs Verdejo: ocean against meseta, salt against fennel. How Spain's two favourite whites differ, what each pours best with, and which to list.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Grape varieties
Garnacha vs Pinot Noir: the Spanish answer examined
Garnacha vs Pinot Noir: is high-altitude Garnacha really Spain's Pinot? Where the comparison holds, where it breaks, and which bottle for which night.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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
Grape varieties
What is Albariño? Spain's Atlantic white, explained
What Albariño is: the grape, the Atlantic homeland, the taste profile of salt and stone fruit, the style ladder from steel to barrel, and how to buy it.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Grape varieties
Albariño beyond freshness
Lees-aged, oxidative and late-released Albariño: the dialects beyond the crisp export style, what each tastes like, and the bottles that prove the grape ages.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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