Author: Jamie Drummond

Alvaro Palacios: An Iconic Spanish Wine Producer

Alvaro Palacios has become one of Spain’s legendary winemakers in just over 20 years. His father Jose Palacios Remondo was a pre-eminent Rioja winemaker at the family’s Palacios Remondo winery. He sent Alvaro, the seventh of his nine children, to study winemaking in France at famed Chateau Petrus on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux region and in California at Stag’s Leap in Napa Valley. His hope was that Alvaro would succeed him at their Rioja winery. Instead, Alvaro struck out in 1989 at the age of 25 to find a way to emulate Chateau Petrus wines in Spain, creating a rift between them for almost a decade.

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Our Man In Panama: Part Five

Upon returning home to Toronto after an action packed five days in Panama City, I look back fondly upon the many lunches and dinners that I somehow managed to fit into so few hours.

Panama City is an extremely exciting place these days, with so many wonderful restaurants offering an enormous selection of steadfastly traditional through to avant garde takes upon Panamanian cuisine.

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