A Côte-Rôtie Refuge
After a week of nonstop travel through Northern Spain and levels of food and wine consumption that approached gluttony, a few days of recuperation at a lovely bed and breakfast […]
Author Archives: Dwight Furrow
The Taste of Home
After almost a month on a food and wine excursion across Europe we returned to San Diego last night. And what was my first meal stateside? Why of course a […]
San Sebastian: A Universe on the Bay of Biscay
San Sebastian is a small, picturesque city in Spain (pop. 186,000) situated on a bay that opens to the Atlantic Ocean within shouting distance of the French border. Despite its […]
Tradition and Innovation: Rioja to Campo de Borja
Apologies are in order for the lack of blog posts recently. Our European tour continues but Spain was a whirlwind of constant activity leaving no time to write. France gave […]
Ribera del Duero: Old Bulls, Old Vines and Baby Lamb
The running of the bulls in Pamplona is famous in part because of the association with danger and the mishaps that send careless joggers to the hospital or occasionally the […]
Trolling for Tapas in Madrid
We have a brief stop in Madrid waiting for our tour of Rioja to begin. What to do in Madrid? Do what the madrileños are most famous for—tapas hunting. I don’t know […]
Edible Arts in Europe
Tomorrow we take off for a month in Europe. First stop is Madrid to begin a week-long tour through the famed Spanish wine regions of Rioja and Ribera Del Duero […]
Road Fever
As some of you know, I spend much of the year wandering around the country sampling regional wine and food, taking in the sights, and trying to dodge weather events […]
Small Cafés and Hole-in-the-Wall Restos Best of 2015
The first thing I do when I arrive in a town is seek out the good cheap eats with local flavor. Here’s the ten best I discovered in 2015. 1. […]
Texas Hill Country Wine Road (not everything is bigger in Texas)
Big hats, big trucks, big sky, big personalities, and of course a large land mass. There is some truth to the slogan “everything is bigger in Texas”. Even their wine […]
Roving Decanter 