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You have to Albariño Crawl before you can walk

You have to Albariño Crawl before you can walk

Posted 13 August 2010 | By ChrisO | Categories: COMMENTARY, EDUCATION, Galicia | View Comments

Imagine you were invited to a Pub crawl, only there was no beer and no Pub but in its place there was gourmet Tapas and Albariño, my kind of night!

And so starts a cool spring night in San Francisco where a collection of wine writers, bloggers, geeks, and PR professionals gathered to spoil themselves with great food and Rais Baixas’s top Albariños’ from the 2008 vintage. On the agenda were three diverse restaurants meant to highlight the varieties affinity with a diverse array of foods

A Siren Song and a Spanish Thanksgiving

A Siren Song and a Spanish Thanksgiving

Posted 11 November 2009 | By ChrisO | Categories: COMMENTARY, Spain, WINE REVIEWS | View Comments

So here I sit on the 11th of November thinking of my wine pairing suggestions for Thanksgiving. I swore to myself that I would not succumb to the holiday sirens that beg anyone who writes about wine to do the obligatory post about holiday food and wine pairings. But alas, I have surrendered!

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