Wine of the week: Time to stop ignoring Spanish whites
The Spanish wine section is largely ignored as a source of white wine. The Spanish make tons of the stuff, which makes perfect sense given their climate. Who wants to drink a sturdy red when the temperature is hovering near 40? The Spanish also love seafood, eating 25 kilos of the stuff per person every year, so keep those white wines coming, garçon.
The most popular grapes are Albarino (hugely popular with American sommeliers), Verdejo and Macabeo (AKA Viura). You can pretty much dial in
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