Ribera del Duero occupies the position of challenger to Rioja’s dominance in Spanish red wine. Learn about some of the most important producers to visit to see the best of the old and the new in Ribera del Duero.
The Rías Baixas in Northwest Spain's Galicia has to crystalline white Albariño wine, tranquil beaches and picturesque villages. It’s also one of the best places in Spain to eat a wealth of Atlantic seafood. Expect mussels, clams, oysters, lobsters, crabs and much more. Here is a small selection of fascinating restaurants, from seafood temples to creative Michelin star restaurants.
The two most important things when visiting wine country are good wine and good food. In Rioja the confluence of local and regional ingredients and refined cooking techniques trickling in from the nearby Basque Country has created a culinary landscape that matches the depth of the local wine culture.
Madrid, Spain’s sprawling, cosmopolitan capital, happens to be the best place in the country to drink wine. Just as Madrid’s cuisine brings together influences from all over Spain, Madrid wine lists feature the best wines from every corner of the country.
You may not think of Spain as one of the best places in the world to eat meat, but it is. Spaniards are carnivorous at heart, eating all parts of the local domesticated animals with enthusiasm and in various preparations. There’s one kind of meat cooking that stands above all others in Spain, however: fire cooking.
Craft cocktails aren’t as popular in Spain as in some other countries, with many Spaniards sticking to beer, wine, or the ever-popular gin and tonics that dominate evenings and weekends all over the country. Madrid by contrast has developed a strong cocktail scene s for any cocktail enthusiast traveling to Madrid.
With so much variety to choose from, navigating Madrid’s restaurant scene can seem like a daunting task. Before you even set sail, it’s worth taking stock of the city’s idiosyncratic dining customs. Most notoriously, the timetable. Madrid eats late: lunch is commonly taken between 2pm and 4pm while dinner is not much earlier than 9pm and often (especially in summer) as late as 11pm.
