{"id":2281,"date":"2013-12-05T22:54:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2013-12-05T22:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:54:39","slug":"spain-wine-food-weather-wont-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/spain-wine-food-weather-wont-disappoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain: Where Wine, Food and Weather Won\u2019t Disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cibeles<\/a>
Cibeles square at Christmas, Madrid, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A trip to any wine country should bring joy to all the senses and not just the thirsty palate.\u00a0 A wine trip to Spain will do all that and more, especially if the thirsty oenophile begins in Barcelona, heads west to Montsant and Priorato, and then continues the quest westward along the Duero River to partake of the world\u2019s finest Tempranillo wines in Ribera del Duero.\u00a0 And surely there will be time for short detours to Rioja and Rueda to taste more great wine.\u00a0 One can do all of this in Spain in a week or ten days, without having to rack up a thousand miles along the way.\u00a0 Think excellent bubbly in the form of delicate Cava from Catalonia and the environs of Barcelona, big mouth filling reds from Montsant and Priorato, velvety sophisticated reds from Ribera del Duero and Rioja, and crisp, satisfying, thirst quenching white wines from Rueda.\u00a0 And Spain\u2019s best kept secret may be its food.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot more to Spanish cuisine than paella.\u00a0 Some of the most splendid meals I have had in Europe came on a recent trip to Spain.\u00a0 Admittedly, France and Italy enjoy well-deserved reputations for their food and wine, but they can\u2019t quite match Spain for the predictability of the weather and the consistency with which Spain turns out tasty well made wines at prices most of us can afford.\u00a0 Today, Spain is in the midst of \u201cA Golden Age.\u201d\u00a0 In short, Spanish wines have never been better than they are today.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Salut\u00e9!<\/i>
\nDon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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