During our summer in the Languedoc, Nick and I spent a night in northern Spain at the hotel run by the wine company owned by the Grup Peralada, which recently took over the substantial Chivite operation in Navarra. The next day we revisited one of our favourite hotels in the world, Almadraba Park right on the Costa Brava on the far side of the seaside town of Roses.
Because the management of both knew of my interest in wine, I somehow ended up tasting the 13 local wines described below during our 24-hour visit. Because we had lunch at the...