Our Wine and Spirits Director Gretchen Thomas and Culinary Director Adam Halberg took a semi-annual wine tasting trip around Spain with members of the Barcelona Wine Bar family this March. From wine tastings to amazing food and festivals, it’s hard not to be jealous. At least we can enjoy their photos from the journey. Juan Antonio Ponce, winemaker of Bodegas Ponce, preparing barrel samples for us to try. The end of a successful wine tasting at Bodegas Ponce. The team with Juan Antonio Ponce and his father at lunch at Restaurant Esmerelda in Iniesta, Spain. Castle ruins in La Mancha View of the vineyards in Sierra de los Gredos, Madrid Bodegas Bernabeleva, Madrid Adam, the man behind the man, at Bodegas Bernabeleva Marc Isart, winemaker of Bodegas Bernabeleva, having a Barcelona “Alien” moment. Las Fallas (Festival of Fire) in Valencia. Festival goers create ninots (Valencian for puppet or dolls) and mount them along with firecrackers on structures called falla that are burned at the end of the festival. Crowds gathering for the burning of one of the fallas …
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