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About Gerry Dawes
Gerry Dawes was awarded Spain's prestigious Premio Nacional de Gastronomía (National Gastronomy Award) in 2003. He writes and speaks frequently on Spanish wine and gastronomy and leads gastronomy, wine and cultural tours to Spain. He was a finalist for the 2001 James Beard Foundation's Journalism Award for Best Magazine Writing on Wine, won The Cava Institute'
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Tenerife's Teide, the volcano that is the tallest mountain in all of Spain
and third tallest volcano in the world. Photo by Gerry Dawes©2009.
I have been traveling the gastronomy, wine and tourist roads of Spain for more than forty years, but until May of this year, when I was asked to report on my travels in The Canary Islands, I had never stepped foot on any of the seven major
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The Wines of the Canary Islands
Article by Gerry Dawes in Wines From Spain News Fall 2009
With a short slide show.
(For full screen, click on the emblem in the lower right corner.)
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About Gerry Dawes
Experience Spain With Gerry Dawes: Culinary Trips to Spain & Travel Consulting on Spain
Gerry Dawes can be reached at gerrydawes@aol.
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The Chicago Tribune just published an article on the Ten Worst Dining Trends of the Decade. Three of them, "molecular cuisine," foams and decontruction dishes, take aim at the Spanish cocina de vanguardia modernista tendencies of the past decade or so. The relates to my current article in Food Arts, Spain's Chemical Reaction.
But, one of the real jewels in these worst trends
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Ribeira Sacra: Where Godello and Mencía are Bound for Glory
Ribeira Sacra: Just the Tasting Notes with Photographs
Related Article:
Ribeira Sacra: The Perfect Lunch with Almalarga Godello at O Grelo Restaurant
Slide Show on Ribera Sacra
(Click on image to enlarge, go to Google web albums page and click for full screen
Tomando una copa con… Gerry Dawes (Click here to read the interview in Spanish)
Gerry Dawes vive en Nueva York y es escritor, fotógrafo y conferenciante especialista en la gastronomía, los vinos y la cultura de España. Vivió en Andalucía durante ocho años, lleva casi 40 viajando por el país y tiene un promedio de siete viajes gastronómicos anuales a España. Fue galardonado con el Premio Nacional
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The Rite of the Queimada:
La Quiemada is as old as Galician civilization. Mentions of it can be found in Celtic (on stone tablets, one presumes), Roman, Visigothic and Arabic literature.
Video of La Queimada at Bodega Caballeiro Do Val with Emilio Cores of La Cámara de Comercio de Vilagarcía de Arousa
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Paco Dovalo & Members of the Asociación de Bodegueros Artesanos in Meaño,
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The World of Fine Wine
"The first cultural journal of the wine world." -- Hugh Johnson OBE
"The latest issue of World of Fine Wine, undoubtedly the most splendid, luxuriously-unconcerned-with-supermarket-wine wine magazine in the world, carries (at last) my notes on a tasting of both Vergelegen’s great white blended wine and Eben Sadie’s equally great (though arguably less good, at
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Star Chefs Compete Using Jaén Province’s Picudo Variety Olive Oil
Plus An Epilogue Featuring Slide Shows of the Olive Harvest in Jaén
By Gerry Dawes
Premio Nacional de Gastronomia 2003
(Click on slide show to amplify and see full screen.)
The Lo Mejor de La Gastronómía chefs’ conference, held each November in the Rafael Moneo-designed Kursaal center in the
'El Rioja no es un elefante, es un león, pero no ha sabido defender adecuadamente su posición de líder' -- Gerry Dawes
Por Casimiro Somalo, lomejordelvinoderioja.
