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How times change

December 4, 2009 | Features Food & Drink Travel

Paul O’Connell re-visits a town of growth and prosperity

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Wild goose chase to Extremadura

November 15, 2009 | Features Food & Drink

Andrew Pearce explains why these geese are by foie the happiest in the world… just ask President Barack Obama!

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Don’t be naïve (Evian spelt backwards) – give up the bottle

November 10, 2009 | Food & Drink

Since the Olive Press launched a campaign to cut back on plastic two years ago, plenty of town councils, companies and individuals around Andalucia have got the message, at least with plastic bags. But when it comes to plastic bottles not everyone has, writes Josephine Quintero

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The world’s healthiest pork

November 2, 2009 | Features Food & Drink Huelva Sevilla

Thirsty, acorn-feeding black pigs produce Spain’s most famous gourmet product which is also good for your health, writes Anne Manson

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Festive fizz with a pom royale

December 23, 2009

Pomegranates are one of nature’s super foods, gifted to us at Christmas time and the inspiration for one of Andalucia’s most charming cities Granada. They are also great in cocktails, writes Anne Manson, of Annie B’s Spanish Kitchen

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Visit Jerez’s other international airport

June 15, 2009 | Food & Drink

Collette Bardell discovers how a colony of bees resembles a busy air terminal on bank holiday Monday


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I aim to make the best wine in the World, says Andaluz winemaker

May 23, 2009 | Food & Drink

Geoff Garvey visits Cadiz bodega Huerta de Albala


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King of Sushi on the critical list

May 4, 2009 | Food & Drink

EU’s fishing industry on ‘brink of suicide’ as Bluefin tuna face extinction in just three years


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Malaga’s finest

May 3, 2009 | Food & Drink

A clever union between Malaga’s best wines and ten top-rated local artists has created a unique and very collectable addition to your wine cellar


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Heaven’s Kitchen

May 2, 2009 | Food & Drink

Spain proves – once again – that its chefs are by far the best in the world


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Don’t take the bait!

April 20, 2009 | Food & Drink

Greenpeace is taking on the Spanish supermarkets over their continuing sale of endangered fish


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Food & Drink, Malaga »

Grand Cru Andaluz

March 20, 2009

Wine extravaganza will be an assault on the taste buds (as well as the wallet)

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Let’s speed up the slow food movement

July 27, 2009

The Olive Press appeals for new Slow Food groups in Andalucia

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That most precious of black golds

February 10, 2009

The Olive Press sent David Baird to Riofrio for a lunch of fresh trout and… award winning, eco-friendly local caviar? We kid you not

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The food fight begins

November 26, 2008

As the Slow Food Movement starts to make inroads in northern Spain, Dick Handscombe travels to Italy to find out how to spread its message in Andalucia

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From Jete to El Bulli

October 23, 2008

It is classed as one of the best wines in Spain and is served in some of the nation’s top restaurants. MARK ROULSTON heads to the modest village of Jete to revisit the even more modest bodega of Calvente

Food & Drink, National News »

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Law threatens Albariño wine

October 23, 2008

Draft law proposed by the region’s health authority could effectively outlaw wine production.

The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain