El Crucero in Corella (Navarra), Lunch with the Wines of Aliaga
El Crucero in Corella (Navarra), Lunch with the Wines of Aliaga at One of the Great Restaurants of Navarra's Ribera Baja Wine-growing Region, Also Home to One of Spain's Greatest Vegetable Growing Regions.
Gerry Dawes, Basilio Izquierdo, Carlos Fernández Aliaga and
English wine merchant-importer Anthony Sargeant, lunch at El Crucero.
In January, Sargeant, Izquierdo and I drove down to Corella to see Carlos and taste his wines, since Sargeant was looking for new properties for his English wine importing business. Carlos put us in Nabor Jiménez’s capable hands and asked him to do a tasting menu for us to accompany a lineup of his wines. First off, this being January, you may be wondering what vegetables are available in the middle of winter. The Navarrese are masters at cooking winter vegetables such as cardoons, borrage and cabbage; making dishes with the region’s bounty of tinned and glass jarred vegetables; and turning dried beans into something magical. (Click on the link above to see the whole article.)