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.

4/19/2012

Madrid Photographic Journal (Part One of Several Entries): Plaza Mayor, Plaza de Oriente, Palacio Real

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* * * * * (Double click on image, go to Picasa web albums, click on slideshow and the F11 for full screen view.) _______________...
4/17/2012

Spain Journal, Day One: Madrid & El Mercado de San Miguel

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* * * * * El Mercado de San Miguel re-opened several months ago after a multi-year restoration project. El Mercado de San Miguel may ...
4/11/2012

Spanish Wine & Food Pairing: Possibilities Are Limitless - Culinary Institute of America-Greystone/Worlds of Flavor Website on Spain

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* * * * * Tapas & Vino, El Mercado de San Miguel, Madrid Text & Photographs by Gerry Dawes ©2008 In recent years, Spain ...
3/31/2012

❁❁❁ The Spanish Artisan Wine Group ❁❁❁ ❁❁❁❁❁ Gerry Dawes Selections ❁❁❁❁❁: Adega Manuel Formigo Grand Cru Quality Treixadura-...

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❁❁❁ The Spanish Artisan Wine Group ❁❁❁ ❁❁❁❁❁ Gerry Dawes Selections ❁❁❁❁❁: Adega Manuel Formigo Grand Cru Quality Treixadura-... : * * ...
3/15/2012

The Powerful New-Wave Catalan Wines of Old Roman Tarragona

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* * * * * Priorat, Montsant, Terra Alta, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona and Costers del Segre. by Gerry Dawes Premio Nacional de ...
3/01/2012

Spain’s Surprising Terroir-Driven Reds: Slate-laced Glories

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* * * * *   The Slate-laced Glories from the Atlantic Northwest & Mediterranean Tarragona Text, Photos & Tasting Notes ...
2/13/2012

Spanish Artisan Wine Group NYCCT Tasting - Supper Feb 12, 2012 with José Antonio del Moral

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* * * * * Spanish Artisan Wine Group NYCCT Tasting - Supper Feb 12, 2012
1/17/2012

"Men! You always want more, even when you're skinning the poor by tearing down a block of old houses to make nice new ones." - - Fortunata y Jacinta, Benito Pérez Galdós

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* * * * * Cover: Detail from Chica in a Bar (1892) by Ramón Casas,  in El Museo de la Abadía, Montserrat (Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library...

The Passing of My Old Friend Don Clarke, Artist Par Excellence, in Mijas, (Málaga), Spain Jan. 16, 2012. Que Decanses en Paz, Don.

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* * * * * My old friend English artist Don Clarke in his studio in Mijas (Málaga), Spain on Feb. 15, 2010. Photograph by Gerry Dawes©2010...
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Looking Back on the Wines of La Mancha, The Wine News, Oct.-Nov. 2003

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* * * * * La Mancha, text and photos by Gerry Dawes, The Wine News, Page 50, October/November 2003. (Pages 50-56; Page 53 was an adver...
1/11/2012

Decency because you wear something called a frock coat! What a farce humanity is. The poor always the underdogs, the rich doing as they please. I’m rich. I’m frivolous, I know it. -- Juanito Santa Cruz in Fortunata y Jacinta, Benito Pérez Galdós Epic Novel of 19th Century Spain

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* * * * * Cover: Detail from Chica in a Bar (1892) by Ramón Casas,  in El Museo de la Abadía, Montserrat (Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library...

“The common people are very naive. . ." from Fortunata y Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós

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* * * * *  Cover: Detail from Chica in a Bar (1892) by Ramón Casas,  in El Museo de la Abadía, Montserrat (Photo: The Bridgeman Art Libra...
1/10/2012

Blue Hill at Stone Barns with Alicante Chef María José San Román, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2012 Slide Show

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* * * * * María José San Román serving her arroz a banda 'Taberna' (paella with shrimp and fresh squid from La Taberna del Gou...
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