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When In Valencia…
We’re back from Spain! Here are a few pictures from our lunch at Casa Montana in Valencia: Casa Montana in Valencia Anchovies Charlie and Frank taking the first food photos of the trip Bacalao...
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Day 1 in Spain: Barcelona
It’s time for another trip to Spain! Follow the blog during the next week to find out what the gang is up to this time around. Our first post is from Sous Chef Roy Riedl of Barcelona West Hartford....
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Day 2 in Spain: Touring Monstant
Our next Spain post comes from Emily Cipes over in Barcelona Fairfield. Months ago I got a call from Gretchen Thomas, our wine director, asking me if I was going to be available to go to Spain around...
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Day 3 in Spain: Bodegas Olarra in Logroño
Today is JP Freyre of Barcelona Stamford’s turn to tell us what’s happening on this Spain trip. After the great dinner with Rene Barbier, we stayed in Falset and awoke at 8am. We were picked up by a 16...
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Day 4 in Spain: Ribera del Duero
Culinary Director Adam Halberg fills us in: No matter how diligent the planning – the maps, the phone calls, the distribution of belly-soothing pharmaceuticals – there’s always one day that starts with...
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Day 5 in Spain: Songs, Steps and Stars
Barcelona Fairfield’s Brad Haywood wraps up the March Spain trip: This morning we left the late baroque cosmopolitan avenues of Spain’s former Imperial Capital of Valladolid to venture off into...
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Spain, September 2012: Day 1
Every few months, Culinary Director Adam and Wine & Spirits Director Gretchen lead a handful of Barcelona’s managers and chefs on a whirlwind trip to Spain. The point of the trip is to experience...
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Spain September 2012: Post 3
Every few months, Culinary Director Adam and Wine & Spirits Director Gretchen lead a handful of Barcelona’s managers and chefs on a whirlwind trip to Spain. The point of the trip is to experience...
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360 Degrees of Spain
Stamford’s General Manager, Stephen Penwell, took this great panoramic shot of a wine cellar in Spain…with his phone!
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January 2013 Spain Trip, Day One
By Manny K., a server from Barcelona Inman Park “If you visit only one foreign country in your life time, make it Spain” — Ernest Hemingway. It was love at the first sight. Spain’s long history has...
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Day 1: Paris by Day, Barcelona by Night
Day 1 as told by South Norwalk’s Holly Phillips: After missing our connecting flight from Paris to Barcelona, we decided to take an impromptu trip into the city of Paris for lunch. We went with the...
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Vamos a ir a Barcelona!
It’s that time of the year again. That awesome time of the year when some of our staff travel to Barcelona, Spain with their fearless leaders: Gretchen Thomas, Wine & Spirits Director and Adam...
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Allison’s Spain Recap:Valencia and Josep Foraster
They’re baaaaaacccck! A few weeks ago, we announced that our Wine & Spirits Director, Gretchen Thomas, was getting ready to embark on her annual Spain management trip. Seven employees: Bart...
View ArticleSpain Day 2: The Mountain Man
By Adam Greenberg How do you sum up maybe one of the best experiences of your life in just a small sentence…YOU DON’T! So, sit back, relax, and venture down short-term memory lane with me (excuse the...
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Spain Day 5: Open Arms
By Stephen Horaj, Assistant General Manager Barcelona New Haven It’s difficult to distinguish and say that there are certain parts of our day that are better or worse. Being in Spain and surrounded by...
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What Adam and Gretchen are Looking Forward to in 2015
From traveling to exotic locales to experimenting with bold ingredients and trying new wines (there may be a fight over a certain bottle…) Gretchen and Adam share what they’re excited about in 2015....
View ArticleGood Good Gorgeous: #HayaTakesBarcelona
Haya is a blogger we love, and we’re excited to share the “instagram takeover” she did with us during her recent trip to Barcelona. Her blog, Good Good Gorgeous, is a virtual diary about fashion,...
View ArticleRosés We’re Drinking This Summer
Summer is almost here, and with its arrival comes warmer days and longer nights. One of our favorite wines for sun-drenched sipping is rosé, with its lightly fruity and crisp flavors. Don’t be fooled...
View ArticleWine Tour of Spain, Spring 2015
Our Wine and Spirits Director Gretchen Thomas and Culinary Director Adam Halberg took a semi-annual wine tasting trip around Spain with members of the Barcelona Wine Bar family this March. From wine...
View ArticleIt’s Jetsetting Season
Barcelona Co-Founder and Creative Director Sasa Mahr-Batuz has a spirited sense of wanderlust that has taken him all over the world, camera in hand. Beaches are an inspiration, and we’re happy to...
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