. An Albarino from Spain is cheap and affordable, and very approachable. You will certainly find one for under $20. For a little over $20, if you can find it, the Txomin Txakoli from Spain as well. Lovely! A pleasant surprise for...

) and “tortilla de bacalao” (salted cod omelette), best washed down with cider or with the local white wine, txakolí. If you are in the Basque country, you should visit Bilbao, less than 60 miles from San Sebastian,...

The Txakolis are trendy here in NYC now (maybe due to the opening of a really good tapas place called Tia Pol) and run about $15 a bottle. But please, it’s a young, fizzy, easy drinking wine at 3 times the price of some...

nice rosés were available, including Lang & Reed. Still, I was craving an Iberian crackling green wine like Txakoli or Albariño, and the California Chenin Blancs or Sauvignon Blancs listed couldn’t meet that mark....

the richness of the terrine. We were truly marveled and giddy at the experience. Next was Marinated Scallops with Mango Vinegar, Avocado, Crispy Rice, and Chamomile served with Txakoli, Gurrutxaga, Bizaiko, Spain, 2006. Served...

ingredients to a paste in food processor. Chill for several hours to allow flavors to blend. Serve with sliced apples and crisp Spanish white wine (such as the Basque wine "Txakoli") or with black olives and a Spanish red wine....

walking and trying to understand Madrid. After a while, I found, Cava Baja, a street filled with restaurants and tapas bar! Walked up and down the street, not sure which one to try, to finally stop at Taberna Txakoli, the food...

That’s really a shame about the wine department. Back in the day, there were often times that I’d have trouble finding a particular wine, and a call to Tower would find it in stock. The first bottle of Txakoli that I...

with dill. The selection is amazing. Each pinxo costs 1 Eur and you pay by counting up the toothpicks when you are finished. Everyone is drinking beer (order “una canya”—a glass of beer), or Basque cider, or...

?), the basque pepper to add a little roundness of warmth. Wonderful with the fresh green wine of the Basque country, Txakoli. Link:...

. Then we had a great plate of Pulpo Gallega @ Sideria Vasca on Calle Lagasca and multiple glasses of the nice unpronouncable Basque wine Txakoli. The Pulpo was nice and soft, w/just the right amount of salt and paprika. Dinner...

If you can’t find them locally, Woodland Hills Wine Company has one still red ( Gorrondona Bizkaiko Txakolina 2007 at $23.99) and and two roses ( Ameztoi Getariako Txokalina Rubentis Rosé 2008 and Gurrutxaga Txakoli...

dishes on the menu – an Albarino, Txakoli or something from Rueda. But don’t take my word for it – see for yourself: http://www.riomarseafood.com/menu.asp?menu=4

with mussels, and shellfish in general, are the green, crackling fresh Iberian wines: Txakoli, Albariño, and Vinho Verde. Also good matches are Grüner Veltliner from Austria or a crisp and unwooded Sauvignon Blanc such as...

a Basque white called Txakoli—young, light, very slightly effervescent, although not sure if this would appeal if you’re used to big reds. I wonder if you can drink rosés at all—that would open up a ton more...