Pairing
What wine goes with grilled tuna?
Grilled tuna eats like meat, so the best match is often a light, chilled Spanish red. When to pour Mencia, Txakoli, Albarino or a dry rosado.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Pairing
Spanish wine for pintxos, the Basque way
Which Spanish wine goes with pintxos: why Basque Txakoli is the answer, the pours from gilda to txistorra, and how to drink them like San Sebastian.
Adolfo Gatell··5 min
Pairing
Spanish wine for sushi and omakase
Spanish wine for sushi and omakase: why high-acid saline whites beat the rest, the pours from nigiri to toro, and a flight to run an omakase counter.
Adolfo Gatell··4 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
Pairing
Wine for Cantabrian anchovies (anchoas)
Wine for Cantabrian anchovies: why salt, oil and umami demand a sharp, saline pour, the Txakoli and Albarino that win, and anchoas vs boquerones.
Adolfo Gatell··7 min
Grape varieties
What is Txakoli (Txakolina)? 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··8 min
Pairing
The best Spanish white for grilled fish
The best Spanish white for grilled fish: why char and smoke change the rules, the pours from sardines to turbot, and which whites meet the flame.
Adolfo Gatell··6 min
Pairing
Spanish wine for oysters, from Zeeland to Galicia
Spanish wine for oysters: the four pours that work, steel Albariño, Txakoli, our saline Chapirete Palomino and brut nature Cava, matched to Zeeland's salty shells and beyond.
Adolfo Gatell··4 min
Grape varieties
Wines similar to Chablis: the Spanish whites closest to it
Wines similar to Chablis from Spain: the unoaked, high-acid whites closest to it, why Godello comes first, and what to use instead of Chablis in cooking.
Adolfo Gatell··7 min