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LET'S OPEN A BOTTLE (6): Cava, Spain's sparkling wine
The holiday season is the peak moment of the year for sparkling wine as people toast with popular sparkling wines like champagne, prosecco and,...
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December 6: Spain’s Constitution Day
December 6th is a holiday in Spain and it commemorates the referendum in 1978 when millions of Spaniards went to the polls to vote...
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SPANISH HISTORY 101, EP. 20: 12th Century and the Plot Thickens
The 12th Century and Spain is still a land of half a dozen kingdoms vying for control and a score of Muslim principalities known...
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Let’s Open a Bottle: Wines from Madrid
It may seem counterintuitive to think that the region of Madrid, with its massive capital and built-up bedroom communities, would in anyway be a...
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The Almudena: Why is Nov. 9th a holiday in Madrid?
November 9th is a holiday in Madrid and it’s in honor of the Virgin Mary of the Almudena, one of the two patrons of...
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The Zugarramurdi Witch Trials: Spain’s Salem
1609 marked the beginning of the famous witch trials in the city of Logroño. Many of the accused were from a small town of...