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Spanish History 101, EP. 36. Fernando VII
The end of the Spanish War of Independence resulted in the departure of Napoleon’s troops and the return of Fernando VII as king, one...
LET’S OPEN A BOTTLE, ep. 20: More on La Mancha wines
This is the final episode on our look at wines from La Mancha. Today we focus on wines several other minor regions, many of...
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The Napolean and his troops have moved into Spain to head for Portugal, but they’ve decided to stay. Spain, at the time France’s ally,...
Remembering the 11M Madrid Train Bombings
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of that fateful March 11th when ten packpacks full of explosives went off almost simultaneously in four different commuter...
True Crime Update: more on the Morate de Tajuña murder case
If this story weren’t strange and tragic enough enough as it was, three weeks after the discovery of a heinous triple murder in small...
LET’S OPEN A BOTTLE, 19: D.O. Valdepeñas
This is the story of a wine king struggling to keep up with the times. Still one of Spain’s biggest wine producers, this large...