A Modern Writer's Adventures and Misadventures: Spanish Wine Tasting

Spanish Wine Tasting

I love my wine! In the USA, I enjoy wine tasting at bodegas and wine shoppes. In Spain, I do the same. Esencias de Gourmet, a shoppe in Alcalá de Henares, does wine tastings either in the shoppe or in tapas bars. This time it paired up with Posada del Diablo and paired all of the wines with gourmet tapas. For 25 euros, it's a steal. It turns out that Posada del Diablo is from the 16th century. At that time, it was outside of the city (barely) and "witches" lived there. Hence "place of the devil." There, students would go and have their fortunes read by the cards. Here are some pictures:

This is the downstairs of Posada del Diablo. It's like old bodegas and stays at a consistent, fresh temperature year round.

The first wine we tasted. Except for Australia, Spaniards usually only drink Spanish wine, with the occasional Italian or French one thrown in. Napa Valley wines are almost, almost a legend. We paired it with sardines.

Javier: the owner of Esencias de Gourmet. He knows TONS about wine tasting, gourmet foods, whiskey, and gin, and used to have his own TV show.

The second wine we tasted, very strong in strawberries. We ate it with sardines.

Another shot of the group. Except myself and the girl at the left, everyone else was Spanish. I was the only non-native speaker.

The third wine. Very earthy. We ate it with pate.

The last wine we tried. We had this with a blood sausage spread that was amazing, along with a bell pepper jam. It's dry, but I think it's the ideal red for both men and women.

The wine tasting started at 9:30pm and I left at 1am, though I think the party went on longer. You must do this in Spain!

1 comments:

Courtney said...: Sounds much classier than the wine tasting Paul and I went to in Jamaica (remind me to tell you about that!). And now I am craving some good morcilla!!!; June 27, 2012 at 2:06 PM