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WINE EXPERT Blind Tastes Spain's CHEAPEST Wines!
So, after many conversations in my wine shop with customers and professionals there is still an agreement that Spain might be the best country in the world for price to quality.
But that doesn't mean that THE cheapest wines are the best.
The supermarkets sell bottles of wines for under two euros. These can't be good right?
Well it's time to put them to the test. 6 wines from 6 supermarkets, tasted blind and with a curveball to make sure it's fair.
Will I be surprised?
My wine shop:
Madrid & Darracott
Calle Conde de a Romanones 2
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Salamanca/Ciudad Rodrigo: HUGE Tapas Tour of the Western Frontier!
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Time for luxury. Time for golden streets and ancient buildings. Time for tapas. It was a real joy to return to the gorgeous city of Salamanca - by far one of the prettiest in Spain - this time armed with a camera and a Laura. We stuffed our faces, sure, we watched the European football final, sure. But we also added a prelude. I had always wanted to visit Ciudad Rodrigo, only a few kilometres f...
Andalucía Adventure #2: Malaga!
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After the hot hinterlands of Córdoba province (with a dash of Seville), it's time to head south further towards the coast and revels in the majesty of Malaga province. We take in villages Cabra, Zuheros, Luque, Priego de Córdoba and Inzájar before relaxing in the elegant capital. Then to wineries (Sancez Rosado and Almijara) and villages white and blue (Júzcar, Parauta, Cómpeta, Salares and Com...
Andalucía Adventure #1: Córdoba!
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Part one of a huge foodie adventure through the provinces of Cordoba and Malaga! On this first leg we head to the spectacular city of Córdoba with its beautiful old town and UNESCO mosque. But there's also time, of course, to hit the pueblos: Montoro, Almodóvar del Río, Aguilar de la Frontera, Estepa, Carmona and Écija. There's food, there's wine, there's white walls. Anything else needed?ç Tho...
SORIA: 16-Stop EPIC Tapas Crawl in Spain's 2nd Smallest Capital
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Soria. Most people haven't heard of it. People who have either haven't been there, know nothing about it, or have passed through on the train or bus somewhere else. Error. This might be Castilla y León's most perfect short trip food-filled, untouched city. Steve and I gorge ourselves silly as we enjoy the ancient churches, friendly locals and placid Duero waters. You really should get off that ...
TOLEDO! 6-Stop Food Tour around a Medieval UNESCO gem
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TOLEDO! You've heard of it. You've read about. You may have been. You've probably seen videos about it. So what could I possibly add to the pantheon of tourist videos? Well, perhaps not much. Some interesting food spots, some nice views, a bit of history and our irreverence. I put off doing a Toledo video forever, because I thought it too obvious. But Laura and I went, ate, drank, and saw Toled...
DIVERXO: Eating at the 3rd BEST Restaurant in the WORLD Before it Closes!
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Well. This was it. My white whale. DIVERXIO, 3 Michelin Stars. The brainchild of mad punk chef David Muñoz. Now I would never ever normally be able to go to a place like this, also, as per the channel, my vibe is usually rustic local places. But, I was lucky and honoured to get an invite. You don't say no to an opportunity like that! What followed was a meal as spellbindingly confusing as it wa...
Semana Santa in Madrid! What to see and where to eat!
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Semana Santa. Easter. Holy Week. A speciality of Spain's religious calendar. Most people's minds head to regions like Andalucia, but every year Madrid has become far more popular as a location for Easter. Processions, drum cavalcades, virgins and Jesuses. Everything is on offer. But also Laura and I wanted to show off the foods usually eaten at this time of year. So from Maundy Thursday, throug...
Ribera del Duero: Villages and Wines!
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An escape, a brief bit of freedom, to the third prong of the holy trinity or 'Rs'. I did Rueda, I drank everything in Rioja and now it is the turn of an adventure around Ribera, Ribera del Duero. This wine region, not even two hours north of Madrid, is in the heartland of Castilla y Leon. As well as hundreds of kilometres of vineyards there is a dazzling array of towns, villages, castles and ca...
Rueda: visiting Spain's most FAMOUS white wine region!
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Something a little different to the traditional video. A professional winery visit with my business partner Roque Madrid to Bodega Javier Sanz out in DO Rueda. Rueda is the country's premier white wine region, producing Verdejo wines that are found in almost every bar in the country. Is that good? Well, that's a debate for another time. But they are important wines regardless. We were lucky to ...
I WROTE A BOOK...again!
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So, this is a shorter, different style of video than usual. More of an update. I went a wrote a book, a novel: "Hikikomori: Journey From Darkness" But this is my third book. I have also written two travelogues, "The Sun Struck Upwards" and "El Camino". I have never been very good at selling myself or the things I make so I thought I would, given the newest addition to my 'oeuvre' do a little vi...
We Found a TUNNEL in the Mountains! // feat. Madarcos/Buitrago
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We Found a TUNNEL in the Mountains! // feat. Madarcos/Buitrago
DRINKING (too much) in the Valdepeñas Fiesta del Vino!
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DRINKING (too much) in the Valdepeñas Fiesta del Vino!
SOUTH EAST London food tour! // Nunhead, Dulwich, Peckham
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SOUTH EAST London food tour! // Nunhead, Dulwich, Peckham
LAS HURDES: Dark Legends and Hidden Villages!
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LAS HURDES: Dark Legends and Hidden Villages!
ESCAPING the HEATWAVE // How Madrileños Cool Off in Summer
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ESCAPING the HEATWAVE // How Madrileños Cool Off in Summer
Asturias WEDDING Adventure! // Pueblos, Tapas and a Traditional Spanish Wedding!
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Asturias WEDDING Adventure! // Pueblos, Tapas and a Traditional Spanish Wedding!
An EXPLOSIVE Weekend at the Fallas Fiesta, Valencia!
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An EXPLOSIVE Weekend at the Fallas Fiesta, Valencia!
Visiting the Most ISOLATED Winery in Spain!
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Visiting the Most ISOLATED Winery in Spain!
HUGE wine-journey through GALICIA // Ribeiro and Santiago de Compostela!
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HUGE wine-journey through GALICIA // Ribeiro and Santiago de Compostela!

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @purirodriguez3252
    @purirodriguez3252 11 днів тому

    Qué contentos!

  • @bryansarty3821
    @bryansarty3821 11 днів тому

    A very good and informative episode. Thanks for doing this. I am not a wine enthusiast but I really do enjoy a good, satisfying glass or two. Could you do some comparisons of different price points? Say, 5 to 10€ and then 10 to 15€ perhaps? A comparison of whites would also be great I would think. Salud!

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 12 днів тому

    Yo tampoco soy fanática del McDonald's, Kentuky chiken, etc. Etc.😅

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 12 днів тому

    Ah! Y los ingleses destruyendo en España, un puente Romano, ciudades fronterizas con Portugal y destruyendo San Sebastian en 1814. Porque? Pues para hacer daño al pueblo español. 😔 De aliados....poco. Demasiado displicente con los comentarios, demasiado "soberbio". Te crees por encima del bien y del mal.

  • @eduardomg4066
    @eduardomg4066 16 днів тому

    Americans!

  • @teddydavis2339
    @teddydavis2339 17 днів тому

    I enjoyed this video very much. You have a great sense of humor. I absolutely love Extremadura. I wish that more viewers had liked this video.

  • @DRGregltlredhseng
    @DRGregltlredhseng Місяць тому

    Now, now, ol' chap, I think Maidenhead is a perfectly good place for tourism. We are Americans from North Carolina, and when we came to England for our one and only English vacation ever in 1999, we made Maidenhead our base for visiting Southeast England and Calais. It was lovely. I'll never forget ordering sardines in a pub there. It had eyes! I couldn't eat it. My idea of sardines are tiny, headless fish crowded together in a can covered with mustard sauce, so imagine my surprise when the waiter put in front of my face this big, silvery fish with eyes! Unforgettable and a very British moment. We loved England and Maidenhead. Thanks for the memories.

  • @Simon-fm8yc
    @Simon-fm8yc Місяць тому

    That's made an easy decision for me. I'm going to dtay there for 3 nights on my 2 week motorcycle tour at the end of September. Any other nice small towns with history and good food you can recommend. Im heading west to east. Thanks

  • @MZophiel
    @MZophiel 2 місяці тому

    "Let's hope I can drive" "Me too!" Haha brilliant.

  • @evenesteven
    @evenesteven 2 місяці тому

    Nice video. Outside Murcia, I recently saw miles upon miles of lemon trees, many of which were left unpicked. I'm guessing gastro stands for gastronomy rather than gastroenteritis ;D

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 2 місяці тому

    Los habitantes de Numancia eran celtíberos, originalmente eran celtas , luego se mezclaron con los iberos. 😊

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 2 місяці тому

    Si no ha ido a los pinares , le falta la mitad de Soria, la otra mitad el mejor románico de España. La Catedral esta en Burgo de Osma.

    • @thegastrotraveler
      @thegastrotraveler 2 місяці тому

      Esa zona está en otro vídeo. Así que tengo las dos mitades.

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 2 місяці тому

    Porqué no en Español? 😢

  • @thehoppytraveller
    @thehoppytraveller 2 місяці тому

    This was excellent and the sheer look of panic on the first wine was priceless, this definitely isn’t mine but is good and this might actually be really hard 😅 Cava next please 🍾

  • @silentcentury
    @silentcentury 2 місяці тому

    We have been waiting for you to do something from your shop (and from your profession). Loved it! Please make it routine. "Sunday Night Sips" with Laura and (sorry, I don't know/remember your name). This is in your wheelhouse! Please capitalize on it! Thank you for the work you do.

    • @silentcentury
      @silentcentury 2 місяці тому

      Sorry, Jenn informed me it is "Luke." There you go: Sunday Night Sips with Luke and Laura. 😊

  • @v71123
    @v71123 2 місяці тому

    Charming.... BTW bobal in Utel-Requena/Manchuela can be super delicious.

  • @thecycle2worker152
    @thecycle2worker152 2 місяці тому

    Yes please let’s have one on sparkling wine por favour

  • @LukasKrincvaj_Czechia
    @LukasKrincvaj_Czechia 2 місяці тому

    More videos about widely available and (reasonably) affordable wines, please! The wines we bought in your shop were absolutely excellent but were impossible to get in our area. Cheers!

  • @monsieurlatte4018
    @monsieurlatte4018 2 місяці тому

    Hi, great video. I am also big fan of your podcasts. My friend who is going to Spain very often always drinking that Mercadona wine sending me a picture saying that I should try and I tell to myself when I come to Spain why to drink that 1€ wine while there are lots of amazing local, small production wines. According to your points, he realy found the best value wine of Spain and he is righ! 😂

  • @happyluckygolden
    @happyluckygolden 2 місяці тому

    I love kalimotxo! It's a great way to use bad red wine. It's also a great way to sneak booze into somewhere that won't let you bring any with you. Thanks for another great video!

  • @tonydeltablues
    @tonydeltablues 2 місяці тому

    Very informative, but ,moreover entertaining. If I'm in Madrid, I'll come to your shop! I did not know you traded 🙂 Gracias Tony p.s the cola and wine combo won't win me over!

  • @davidtaylor-hg2bz
    @davidtaylor-hg2bz 2 місяці тому

    Like myself i also eat and drink too much lol. Going to granada next year and cant wait to get stuck into the food, also cañas❤

  • @james1327
    @james1327 2 місяці тому

    you should definitely do more of these. Super cool. 5€, 10€ and 15€ price points maybe? Since wine is so cheap in Spain. I live in Valencia and I get a wine usually from the Mercadona. I really dont know what im doing, but i am enthusiastic.

  • @bobbywong4964
    @bobbywong4964 2 місяці тому

    Hi Where is your wine shop? We are in Madrid in August. Might swing by.

    • @thegastrotraveler
      @thegastrotraveler 2 місяці тому

      Hey there! I’ve popped the address in the description :)

  • @thecycle2worker152
    @thecycle2worker152 2 місяці тому

    Yeah Great Video 🎉 you should be sponsored by the Spanish tourist council

  • @isidrovreyes3045
    @isidrovreyes3045 2 місяці тому

    Laura already knew Spain was going to win!!!! Yea for Laura!!!! EXCELLENT video!

  • @tonydeltablues
    @tonydeltablues 2 місяці тому

    Again, I'm saying the same thing: I enjoy your videos! You need a sun hat, Luke! Wot no Panama!?

  • @brett_flower
    @brett_flower 2 місяці тому

    lol..."it's coming home"...(your new home)

  • @LukasKrincvaj_Czechia
    @LukasKrincvaj_Czechia 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for another great video, Luke & Laura!

  • @UnderSurveillance335
    @UnderSurveillance335 2 місяці тому

    I'd love to see a video from Oviedo. And Canaries. And Girona. And somewhere in the Pyranees - maybe Andorra? And trips to other Spanish speaking countries one day cos why then hell not - say a Buenos Aires or a Cartagena or a Oaxaca

  • @oliviaperrin1146
    @oliviaperrin1146 2 місяці тому

    Many thanks for your lovely video of Salamanca brought back wonderful memories.

  • @Alexander-dt8sk
    @Alexander-dt8sk 3 місяці тому

    "Jesus is LAZY!" Have some respect.

    • @thegastrotraveler
      @thegastrotraveler 3 місяці тому

      Why?

    • @Alexander-dt8sk
      @Alexander-dt8sk 3 місяці тому

      @@thegastrotraveler Because it's offensive. Try that with Muhammed. Go ahead. We'll wait.

    • @thegastrotraveler
      @thegastrotraveler 3 місяці тому

      @@Alexander-dt8sk It’s not really offensive is it 😂 Which reminds me, must check out more Spanish mosques…

    • @geoboy700
      @geoboy700 8 днів тому

      @@thegastrotraveleronly a singular region genius(Al-Andaluz - Andalucia). Why do you think reconquista occurred?

    • @thegastrotraveler
      @thegastrotraveler 8 днів тому

      @@geoboy700 What’s your point?

  • @sandokan2petrolis577
    @sandokan2petrolis577 3 місяці тому

    What an excellent journey!!!! Montoro, Estepa, Écija, Carmona, Aguilar de la Frontera And Córdoba of course ❤❤❤❤❤. All the British tourists should follow your steps to really enjoy And understand this part of Andalusia, not only to go to Torremolinos or Marbella that are more famous Because of the beaches And nightclubs 😏. Thanks for sharing the video !! O gracias de un cordobés jeje, you only missed Montilla monuments And vineyards 👏

  • @sandokan2petrolis577
    @sandokan2petrolis577 3 місяці тому

    Nice video. Thank you for visit the subbética villages ( Cabra, Priego, Luque, Zuheros, Iznajar) they are beautiful And historical ! Enjoy Málaga a lot 💪💪💪👏👏👏

  • @lucasgentilemalaga
    @lucasgentilemalaga 3 місяці тому

    8:06 that’s what I am talking about !😂😂😂 it was a pleasure having you here and cocking for you guys 👍

  • @UnderSurveillance335
    @UnderSurveillance335 3 місяці тому

    Still loving these videos. Could you add subtitles though? Pain in the arse to work through perhaps but without a microphone I'm finding myself attempting lip reading, feebly

  • @marqpage3485
    @marqpage3485 3 місяці тому

    Whilst you were eating the goat it looked like you were being eyeballed by a goat on the wall behind you 👀🐐🤓👍 Another fantastic download, thanks for sharing.

  • @tonydeltablues
    @tonydeltablues 3 місяці тому

    Good stuff. Was a bit taken aback by the smurf town!

  • @tonydeltablues
    @tonydeltablues 3 місяці тому

    You still need a hat!!

  • @Andrew-vt4zr
    @Andrew-vt4zr 3 місяці тому

    Cool video lads, gonna definitely try some of those places thanks 🙏🏻

  • @marqpage3485
    @marqpage3485 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful journey. It's certainly made me put Cordoba on my must visit list. The food and wine didn't look bad either 🍷🧀🍖👍🤓

  • @isidrovreyes3045
    @isidrovreyes3045 3 місяці тому

    Excellent!

  • @tonydeltablues
    @tonydeltablues 3 місяці тому

    Lovely to see your mum n papa in the video. You need a hat (Panama?) I was in Andalucia a month ago and it was 37 degrees regularly (Sevilla). Your video will go some way to convincing me to go to Cordoba. Appreciated x Tony

  • @richardcouch4786
    @richardcouch4786 3 місяці тому

    Great video....aggressive tourism 😂

  • @Mattbcc1
    @Mattbcc1 3 місяці тому

    Really excited for this series! We went to Cordoba, Granada and Malaga last year. Heading back to Granada for what must be the 8th time in a couple of weeks. Your videos keep us going in between holiday! Thanks Luke!

  • @LukasKrincvaj_Czechia
    @LukasKrincvaj_Czechia 3 місяці тому

    This video features my favourite spots in Cordoba: Cafeteria La Confianza immediately became our breakfast number one spot (great quality at a cheap price), and Bodegas Mezquita had really delicious tapas (esp. the flamenquin) and local sweet wine. A lot of pleasant memories. Next time you're in Cordoba, do not miss La Trapperia, an awesome craft beer spot with character. Also, with the Mezquita ticket, you get free entry to the basilica!

  • @shin_junyong
    @shin_junyong 3 місяці тому

    caption please. English or any other

  • @richardmurphy9006
    @richardmurphy9006 4 місяці тому

    Excellent 👍👌 😊

  • @FredrikWSantell
    @FredrikWSantell 4 місяці тому

    Steve 😍 ’d love getting tipsy with you two …. 😘

  • @emmanuellerousseau7314
    @emmanuellerousseau7314 4 місяці тому

    Miam! A shame that Mallorca is under water, like Spain, like Dubai, like Saoudi Arabia, like China.... Actually the whole earth is facing disaster and nobody to tell us... Definitely something biblical is happening...