Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish Food, Wine, Culture and Travel

Insights, information and photographs about Spanish gastronomy, wine, culture and customized tours to Spain, where award-winning writer-photographer Gerry Dawes, author of Sunset in a Glass: Adventures of a Food and Wine Road Warrior in Spain, has been traveling for more than 50 years. Content is from articles, books-in-progress and travel notebooks of Gerry Dawes. Reproduction sprohibited without written permission and author credit.

4/16/2010

Abandoning Heavy Bottles for Wine, New Oak (de-forestation), High Alcohol and Other Pretenses; Plus Embracing the 500ml. Bottle For High-priced, High Alcohol Wines and Comments on Natural Cork Wine Stoppers with a Slide Show From Amorim, the Portuguese Cork Producer

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* * * * * Bar El Xampanyet, Barcelona.  Photo by Gerry Dawes©2004. Tyler Colman on his Dr. Vino's Wine Blog had a very interestin...
3/20/2010

Principado de Asturias Journal: Día de San José, March 19, 2010. A Very Pleasant Night in the Asturias at La Quinta de Villanueva with Beatrice Montes and Camino Guerra

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* * * * * As part of my plan to learn about different hotels on my trip in March to El Principado de Asturias, I asked my trip organizers t...
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3/15/2010

Spain’s Innovative Vangaurdia Cuisine vs. Traditional Down-Home Cooking, my article on the CIA-Worlds of Flavor website.

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* * * * * Text & Photographs by Gerry Dawes ©2008 In 2003, The Sunday New York Times Magazine cover asked, “Is Spain the New France...
3/13/2010

Spanish Artisan Cheeses & Complementing Spanish Wines | Worlds of Flavor Spain, Culinary Institute of America's Website

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* * * * * Spanish Artisan Cheeses & Complementing Spanish Wines Text & Photographs by Gerry Dawes ©2008 It’s a curious fact that ...
3/12/2010

Simon Seeks, A British Travel Website Features Links to My Photographs of Madrid, Gerry Dawes's Spain and Epicurean Ways

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* * * * * Simon Seeks, a british travel website covering the world , ran a piece on Madrid by Helen Cross yesterday that features links to ...
1/24/2010

A Happy Mistake with My Camera at El Mercado de San Miguel in Madrid

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* * * * * Sometimes I make mistakes with my cameras, most of which come out awful, but this is a happy mistake that for some reason grabs ...

Spain Journal January 2010, Madrid, Day Two: Lunch with Gabriela Llamas--cooking instructor-author--and seven charming women.

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 * * * * * Sometimes the Gods smile on the undeserving. My great friend, Gabriela Llamas (and her husband, Carlos Maier), at whose apartment...
1/22/2010

I am in Madrid and another adventure begins. Last night, I went to the newly renovated Mercado de San Miguel, next to the Plaza Mayor.

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* * * * * In Madrid and another adventure begins. Last night, I went to the newly renovated Mercado de San Miguel, next to the Plaza ...
1/19/2010

Packing, getting ready to head for Madrid tomorrow evening

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* * * * * Packing, getting ready to head for Madrid tomorrow evening, nine days in Madrid, Madrid Fusion, then to La Rioja, Navarra, a we...
1/13/2010

Coming up in less than two weeks: MADRID FUSIÓN 2010, THEATRE OF IDEAS: Preview of the International Summit of Gastronomy Coming Up in Madrid, January 26, 27 & 28

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* * * * *   Ferran Adrià at Madrid Fusión . Photo Gerry Dawes©2009. gerrydawes@aol.com For full-screen slide show, double click on l...
12/20/2009

Escaping the Snow in New York by Fleeing to Images of Summer: A Slide Show of El Encontro de Viño de Autor (Artisan Signature Grower-Producers) in Galicia This July

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Slide Show of El Encontro de Viño de Autor (Artisan Signature Grower-Producers) (With cap...
12/19/2009

Another Reason I Love Spain: Who Needs Splendor in the Grass, When There is Pleasure Is in Your Hands?

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* * * * * From The World Time magazine, November 30, 2009: What They're Teaching in Spain "Officials in the Extremadura region...
12/16/2009

To Hell with Michelin! I Have the GeralDalí 'Persistence of Memory' Watch Awards and I am Bestowing Five Watches, My Top Rating, on Restaurante Quique Dacosta (formerly El Poblet), Chef Quique DaCosta and Quique Dacosta's Staff

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* * * * * Gerry Dawes's Geraldo-Dalí Persistence of Memory* (Salvador Dalí)  Melting Watch Awards. (The opinions in this post a...

About Gerry Dawes: Writing, Photography, Tours to Spain, Public Speaking

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  * * * * * Gerry Dawes was awarded the Food Arts Silver Spoon Award (Dec. 2009)  (Profile written by José Andrés) * * * * * Guide to Gerr...
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12/13/2009

MADRID FUSIÓN 2010, THEATRE OF IDEAS: Preview of the International Summit of Gastronomy Coming Up in Madrid, January 26, 27 & 28

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* * * * * For more information on the event, tickets, hotels, etc.  e-mail gerrydawes@aol.com      or go to MADRID FUSIÓN 2010 * ...
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