In Spain, the caviste doesn’t seem nearly as important as it does in France where the concept of a wine shop owner is much more central to life. After all, if shopping for wine, it makes life a great deal easier if you have a person you can go to that “gets” your tastes and is able to offer up choices. This in turn allows you to avoid the zombie-like strolls down the supermarket aisle, staring at various wines that all seem to have “93/94 points” somehow, leaving you to […]

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