http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress News and views on Spain and the world Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:47:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That's how Deborah Hansen, of Taberna de Haro, introduces her faithful clients to the wonders of Spanish rosé wines. Below is her letter to friends who might like to join her in this autumn's wine seminar on the wonders of this fruity, crisp wine. Dear Wine Tasters, Welcome back to Wednesday night ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=97 One  of my favorite neighborhoods in Ciutat de Palma, or Palma de Mallorca, is Santa Catalina, across the way from Paseo de Mallorca and Carrer Jaume III, one of the city’s most elegant shopping streets. The reason I like ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=94 This is the first in a series of "Wineglass Travel" by Deborah Hansen of Taberna de Haro tapas restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. I feel like I took “Aerolineas Mas Roig” to Monsant, that lovely D.O. in Spain that often ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=93 The enormous structure is made up of twisted cable, broken tile, slapdash cement, brick and plenty of blue painted iron. It looks like a child's sandcastle, or a lopping Lego building, with brilliant flashes of beauty. This is the cathedral that Justo Gallego has been building for over 40 years ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=92 The resilience of this thousand-year old practice can be seen at its most manifest in the form it takes in the urban environment. And the fullest expression of this is a relatively new practice center that I was introduced to recently: City Yoga. I went there to try out an intensive ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=91   We could spend hours alone just tasting and discussing albarino, that beautiful varietal that is subtly tropical and boldly mineral from Rias Baixas, Galicia.  I love her miracle - a grape grown in a cool and rainy place on the Atlantic that expresses sunshine through aromas of passion fruit, pineapple, ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=90 Once again, I'm appalled by the service you can receive in a restaurant in Spain. This is one of my pet peeves about living here and one that I feel I have to voice every once in awhile, both for my own relief and, more especially, in the hope that ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=89 A few days ago, I came across some notes from the EWBC, the European Wine Bloggers Conference, that I had attended this past autumn in Lisbon. During one of the sessions, I had begun to write down some random thoughts and responses to what participants were saying. I reread them ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=88 Another cold day in the city of the Little Mermaid (whom I have yet to see). Unfortunately, despite careful planning, the bike ride event we had planned for early this afternoon was not the success that we would have wanted. In fact, it was no success at all. There is ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=87 Things that I like about the city: there are bikes everywhere, no matter the weather. Most of the bikes are left on the sides of buildings and at posts without locks. The buildings are low. The Danish overall are tall and slim and attractive. After a few beers in the ... http://www.mocaenboca.tv/Wordpress/?p=86