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See Also
Wolfgang Puck
Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers
Alain Ducasse at the Essex House
Le Cinq
Picasso
21' Club
Winning Wine Lists
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Summertime Sipper
Who Killed Haute Cuisine?
Splendor in the Grass
New Wines, New Faces: Pax Wine Cellars
Boom Years May Be Over, But Napa Auction Gets a Boost
Wine Spectator's Annual Party Kicks off Napa Auction
Wine Spectator Returns to Sonoma for Magnum Party

Childhood friends build a great wine list in Spain

Thomas Matthews
Issue: August 31, 2003

Spain's best restaurants are near its northern border, in the wealthy provinces of Catalonia and the Basque country. But to find the country's best wine list, you have to travel far to the southwest, to an impoverished region called Extremadura, and the old fortress city of Cáceres.