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Pizza restaurant in Spain’s Barcelona voted as best pizzeria outside Italy

IF YOU think of pizza, then thoughts inevitably turn to Italy, but Spanish pizzerias are having a lot of say over that matter these days. So much so that Sartoria Panatieri, a

4 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Food & Drink·Lead·Premium

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Top sommelier gets prison sentence for the misappropriation of high-end wine bottles in the Basque Country

A TOP sommelier has been given a two-year prison sentence for the misappropriation of luxury wine bottles in Spain’s Basque Country. Guillermo Cruz, who was named the best sommelier in Spain in

4 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Basque Country·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Spain has three of the world’s top four restaurants following Valencia awards ceremony

SPAIN’S restaurants held their heads high in Tuesday’s ‘Best Restaurants in the World Awards 2023’ staged at Valencia’s Les Arts Opera House. The ceremony honoured the pinnacle of gastronomic talent from 24

21 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Beer consumption reaches all-time high in Spain

BEER drinking reached a record-high in Spain in 2022 helped by hospitality recovering after the pandemic and larger number of tourists. Figures released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food in

19 Jun, 2023 @ 16:05

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

One Of The World's Best Restaurants To Reopen As Museum In Spain's Catalunya

One of the world’s best restaurants reopens as a museum in Spain’s Catalunya

EL BULLI, repeatedly voted the world’s best restaurant before it closed in July 2011 is reopening as a museum to tell the story of how it sparked a culinary revolution. The premises

7 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Catalunya·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Premium

Lemon harvest falls by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca with high production costs blamed

HIGH PRODUCTION costs have slashed Alicante province’s lemon harvest by 40% compared to last year. Alicante’s Asaja young farmers association said that 800,000 tons of lemons have been produced this season- 20%

5 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencian Community

Full MARXA: MARXA Chiringuito holds its tasty inauguration party at SO/Sotogrande Spa & Golf Resort

GIANT brochettes of beef, wild turbot and exquisite canapes marked the opening of one of the most exciting new restaurants in Sotogrande for years. Hundreds of high society guests were treated to

27 May, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Malaga

Spanish children consume over twice the amount of added sugars recommended by the WHO

Children in Spain exceed more than two times the amount of added sugars recommended by the WHO. Spanish kids reportedly consume 55.7 grams of added sugars per day, while the world’s main

26 May, 2023 @ 18:30

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

SORI NOT SORRY: Marbella neighbourhood south of Ricardo Soriano shaping up to be new culinary nerve centre

IT’S a small area of around six or seven streets – or approximately a kilometre squared – but it encompasses over half of Marbella’s best places to eat. Let’s call it SORI

30 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Food & Drink·Lead

FOOD: The 10 cities in Spain with the best free tapas

The tradition of free tapas are not only a long-standing tradition in Granada—find out where else with the Olive Press’ Tapas guide

29 Apr, 2023 @ 18:30

Food & Drink·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Premium·Travel Andalucia·Travel: Granada·Where to eat

Estepona International Foreign Day Photo Audience

Hundreds of people enjoyed Estepona’s ‘Foreign Resident Day’

HUNDREDS of people flocked to the 18th edition of the ‘Foreign Resident Day’ at Parque del Calvario in Estepona on Saturday. A total of 18 stands representing countries from around the world

17 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Entertainment·Estepona·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

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Mercadona to lower the price of 500 products until the end of the year

Mercadona has decided to slash the prices of 500 daily products from this April until the end of the year. The Spanish supermarket giant intends to help fight the current inflation by

13 Apr, 2023 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Tasty tattoo: Sevilla man has shocked the internet with a Serranito tattoo

A man from Sevilla has gone viral after having a tattoo of a sandwich inked onto his leg. And it’s not just any old sandwich – it is a picture of Andalucia’s

10 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Sevilla

Top Spanish beer Cruzcampo launches in UK as Iberian brands continue British invasion

ONE of Spain’s top draught beers is launching in Britain with Heineken UK bringing over Cruzcampo to the country. The lager will be available exclusively on draught with Heineken describing it as

7 Apr, 2023 @ 10:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Sevilla

Luxury restaurant backed by Rafa Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo to open in Spain’s Valencia

A new luxury restaurant backed by sports stars Rafa Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo will be opening its doors in Valencia this summer. The Tatel restaurant chain is owned by the investment company

16 Mar, 2023 @ 11:54

Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Restaurant in Spain’s Marbella awarded ‘sun’ in prestigious Repsol Guide

A RESTAURANT in Malaga province has received a ‘sun’ distinction from the prestigious Repsol Guide, a respected authority on Spanish cuisine. At the ceremony in Alicante this Monday, February 27, under the

28 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Unforgettable meat lovers experience at Vera Restaurante in Spain's Valencia

A special unforgettable experience for meat lovers at Vera Restaurante in Spain’s Valencia

If you love dining out and fancy a wide range of meat dishes cooked to perfection, then you must give Vera Restaurante in Valencia a try. The restaurant on Avenida de Navarro

18 Feb, 2023 @ 08:15

Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

TOP FIZZERS as Spain’s best bargain supermarket cavas are revealed for seasonal quaffing

IF you are doing some last minute shopping this Christmas Eve, then shoving in a few bottles of good quality cava into your trolley certainly would be a good idea. The fizzy

24 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Food & Drink·Lead

Food-flation in Spain: How shoppers are turning to supermarket own brands to keep their costs down

Have yourself a pricey little Christmas as costs soar for seasonal food favourites in Spain

CHRISTMAS food shopping in Spain has been an eye-opener this year with customers having to dig deep into their pockets to buy their traditional favourites. Basic staples such as sugar, oil, milk

23 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Unhealthy warning over some of Spain’s main brand chocolate nougat ‘turrons’

SPAIN’S OCU consumer watchdog says that nearly half of the country’s main-branded chocolate turrons are not up to scratch. With the festive turron-eating season upon us, the OCU analysed 17 chocolate turrons

19 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

Spain’s bars and restaurants expecting bumper post-Covid Christmas

AROUND this time last year, the emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus dashed the hopes of Spain’s bars and restaurants of any kind of return to post-pandemic Christmas business. Barring

7 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Spain’s ‘sweet-tooth’ capital to welcome pioneering ice cream research centre

JIJONA is to become the home of a pioneering artisan ice cream research centre. The small Alicante Province town boasts the biggest number of artisan ice cream makers of any Spanish municipality.

29 Nov, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencian Community

Two restaurants in Spain get first-ever coveted ‘three star’ Michelin award

TWO restaurants in Spain have been upgraded to a maximum ‘three star’ Michelin status in the organisation’s 2023 guide for Spain and Portugal. It brings to 13 that have the highest Michelin

23 Nov, 2022 @ 14:25

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Michelin Star Restaurants in Spain’s Malaga includes new additon Kaleja restaurant

THE Kaleja restaurant in Malaga has received its first Michelin star, bringing the total number of Michelin stars in the province to nine. A Michelin star gives prestige to the gastronomy of

23 Nov, 2022 @ 11:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Scandal of cheap Spanish wine exported to France with bogus ‘French’ labels slapped on bottles

A Bordeaux court will rule in the New Year over a massive scam where cheap Spanish wine was bottled and falsely labelled as French-produced table wine. A group of wine merchants face

4 Nov, 2022 @ 13:31

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead

Truckers strike could close down bars and restaurants in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas, claims hospitality association

Restaurants in Mallorca cook up plan to stop ‘no show’ customers

Restaurants in Mallorca have cooked up a plan to stop ‘no shows’ wasting their time and money. Restaurant owners on the popular tourist island could start charging people if they don’t show

31 Oct, 2022 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca·National News·Premium

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