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Mosto? What’s Mosto?

Mosto? What’s Mosto?

By on January 30, 2012 in Uncategorized

There are three acceptable drink options when going out for pinxtos in northern Spain, especially in Logroño. Only three. Wine, beer, and mosto. What is mosto? you are probably asking yourselves. Don’t worry, I was doing the same thing in September, and I had been living in Spain for 2 years before I figured it [...]

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My first La Rioja Winery: Bodegas Muga

By on November 3, 2011 in Uncategorized

Map of La Rioja, Haro is on the top left I have finally made it to a winery in La Rioja (after being here for a month). Better late than never, right? La Rioja is famous for it’s red wine, especially in Haro, the wine-producing center. So my friends and I made a reservation to [...]

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Welcome to Logroño!

By on October 12, 2011 in Uncategorized

So if you haven’t already inferred from my numerous, occasionally long-winded, sporadically humorous blog posts, I have said adiós to the olive groves, flamenco fiestas and eternal sunshine of Córdoba in Andalucía, Spain, and traded it in for the vibrant, diverse northern city of Logroño, capital of La Rioja, wine country. I needed a change, [...]

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San Mateo Festival

By on September 25, 2011 in Adventures, Europe, Events, Spain

A few days after I arrived in Spain, San Mateo began, Logroño’s biggest festival of the year. What a way to welcome me to La Rioja! San Mateo (Saint Matthew) is actually a huge wine festival (Fiesta de la Vendimia) that coincides with the saint’s feast day. Wine literally flows all over the city-they even [...]

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Cata del Vino Montilla-Moriles

By on May 29, 2011 in Uncategorized

So let’s talk wine! As the daughter of parents who are big wine enthusiasts, I have been happy to shun knowledge of good wine and be content to drink just about anything, as long as it’s cheap! But no more because in Spain you can find really good wine for really cheap. I am talking [...]

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“Balmy days, sweet sangría”

By on May 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

So one thing I’ve noticed about Spain that I really like is that here they love to mix wine and beer with other drinks. One reason why I think they do this is the fact that wine is so cheap here, because of all the vineyards. You can get a decent bottle of wine for [...]

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