Regions
The best Spanish wine regions outside Rioja
The Spanish wine regions worth knowing outside Rioja: Ribera del Duero, Priorat, Rias Baixas, Rueda, Bierzo, Gredos and Jerez, and what each does best.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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
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
Regions
Why Spanish wine is Europe's best value
Why Spanish wine over-delivers on price and quality: the most vineyard land in the world, old vines at everyday prices, and a prestige gap in your favour.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
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
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
Regions
Spain's lesser-known wine regions, and why they matter
Spain's lesser-known wine regions: Bierzo, Gredos, Ribeira Sacra, Arlanza and more, what each grows, why they are the country's best value, and where to start.
Adolfo Gatell··6 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