Navarro's

Round, juicy, mini croquettes made from creamed spinach, herbs and manchego cheese

Mushrooms sautéed with garlic and rosemary

Fresh leaf spinach sautéed with cumin and chick peas, and garnished with croutons

The galician village of padrón is not only famous for being the birthplace of poetess rosalía de castro but more popularly renowned for its naturally tiny green peppers. Briefly sautéed with liberal amounts of salt, these are juicy and delicious. The catch is that one in every??! Is a mini flamethrower!

Breaded goat’s cheese, lightly fried and served with sweet caramelised onions

Chunky pieces of cod are lightly pan fried and afterwards simmered in a succulent sauce of onions, peppers and tomatoes

Deep​ fried squid in batter

Shelled prawns in garlic, chilli and wine sauce

Slightly piquant roasted peppers stuffed with crab and other seafood

Back thanks to popular acclaim, these are fresh, tasty, grilled sardines: a timeless classic.

Succulent, melt-in-the-mouth meatballs prepared in a lush mediterranean tomato and wine sauce

Lamb brochette served with “humble man’s” potatoes – prepared with garlic, onions and rosemary

Spicy spanish sausage flambéed with brandy

A simple but supremely tasty spanish classic: savoury, full-flavoured lentil stew with chorizo and vegetables

Cheese and charcuterie (serrano ham, salchichón and chorizo) platter

Strips of honey roasted lamb, served with mashed potatoes, topped with a delicious honey and wine sauce.

Spicy potatoes

Spicy sausage

Deep fried squid in batter

Spinach and chickpeas

Lamb skewer

Pan​ fried aubergine topped with goat’s cheese and a drizzle of honey

Spicy sausage

Meatballs in tomato sauce

Prawns sautéed in garlic and chilli

Beef skewer

A delicious custard, flavoured with lemon peel, cinnamon and vanilla, caramelized on top

Delicious home-made crème caramel served with raspberry sauce and cream

A selection of rich, authentic Spanish chocolates

Rich and creamy cheesecake flavoured with ‘turron blando’, a soft traditional spanish nougat from jijona

This delightfully fresh, pale, and delicate wine is from alicante; and takes its name from the sea breezes that accentuate its varietal character and impart its finesse and fragrance glass (75ml)

A blend of brandy and herbs flavoured with orange, this is for those who like something sweeter than brandy but less sticky than a liqueur

From​ miguel torres, this catalan brandy is dark, round, smooth and substantial with just the right balance of sweetness

Distilled from the skins and pips of white grapes, this splendid, bracing orujo - or firewater - is the perfect digestif. Served ice cold

Crisp, bone dry, and exceptionally fragrant

Barell fermented Viura, fresh and fruity with ripe melon and pear overtones

Light and refreshing with fruity aromas and a long finish

Lush, grapey, off dry Muscat/gewurztraminer

Spare, uncomprimising, bone dry and flinty

Gerardo’s low production, rarely seen wine is springy and pleasurable with a zesty, floral, lightness of touch, yet complex appley core

Vibrant, dry, but full-flavoured

Dry but fragrant and mouth filling given the Garnacha/Trepat blend which imbues it with an irrestible strawberry character.

Bright, red-fruit scented; lushly medium-bodied

From the much sought after ‘Emilio Moro’ range, a 100% Tinto Fino, aged for four months in French oak barrels, with very intense aromas and concentrated hints of black fruit and liquorice, with a very subtle toasted oak backround

This friendly and eminently affordable offering is from one of Spain’s best and priciest regions. Rounded and easy to drink with heaps of attractive black fruit and gentle nuances of chocalatey oak.

From one of the 2 oldest wineries in Rioja, this is a sublimly subtle offering with ever so gentle ripe red fruit, a touch of spice and of coffee, and breathtakingly fine oak. a joy!

(RIOJA) Distinctly golden in hue; dry, tangy and fresh with elements of witch hazel oak, a touch of citrus, some butterscotch and good acidity.

(RIOJA) This most oddly named wine is currently all the rage in Spain and what it means is ‘How pleasingly he clucked’. Made by innovative young winemaker Benjamin Romeo, it’s a fascinating oak and lees-aged blend of Viura, white Garnacha and Malvasia from old vineyards; golden in colour and distinctively creamy, it’s flavour is a fascinating fusion of sweetish, aromatic oak and pear with delicate overtones of pineapple and apricot.

(Ribera del Duero) A striking Tinto Fino with some 13 months in oak, this is dark and vigorous with full-flavoured black fruit flavours, lively but fairly rounded tannins and well balanced smokey oak

(COSTERS DEL SEGRE) Tempranillo, Cabernet, Garnacha and Merlot. Intense purple black wine full of black fruit flavours, char-grilled spice and chewy tannins. Long and lingering.

(RIBERA DEL QUEILES) Tempranillo, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and a little old Garnacha; this is lush and yet ever so fine, its pure blackcurrant core embellished by just a hint of chocolate and fragrant, understated French oak.

(RIOJA) This marvellous single estate wine comes from a sister establishment of CVNE; is warm, full and fragrant with ripe red fruits and deliciously spicy oak. Drinking perfectly.

(RIBERA DEL DUERO) 80% Tinto Fino, 15% Cabernet, 5% Merlot and Malbec. Those lots of Vega Sicilia which are of high quality but not suited to extra long ageing are selected for 2nd wine Valbuena. The 1997 has a deep black colour with purple tints. The bouquet is elegant and complex, maintaining perfect harmony between fruit and wood; providing on the palate a full, rich, satisfying mouthful of tremendous length.

(PENEDÈS) A bit of a myth ever since it cleaned up at the Paris Wine Olympiad in 1971, this continues to be Spain`s finest Cabernet Sauvignon; and this particular vintage a family favourite - a polished mixture of plum, blackberries, dark chocolate and cedar. A perfect accompaniment for game and meat dishes

(RIBERA DEL DUERO) Spain’s most prestigious wine estate, which lies on the fringe of the village of Valbuena some 40 minutes east of Valladolid, was founded in 1864 by Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves and was planted not purely with local Tinto Fino/aka Tempranillo but also with Cabernet, Merlot and Malbec sourced from nurseries in Bordeaux. These remain the 4 grape varieties employed and the top wine, Único, is only made in vintages considered appropriate – the blend varying considerably and the wine until quite recently spending a minimum of 10 years in oak bocoyes (of 300 to 400 litre capacity) of American, French and Eastern European oaks made on site, at the winery’s cooperage.

This is altogether richer and more opulent with more emphasis on dark fruits.

(PRIORATO) Álvaro Palacios is one of Spain´s ‘young guns´, and though his family are from Rioja, he has deliberately forged his reputation further afield; and though he is not at all pretentious (we first met him many years ago in Falset swigging a bottle of Barolo on the pavement in front of Falset’s one and only hotel!) L’Ermita is perhaps the most expensive wine of Spain. L’Ermita 1997 “Arguably the finest individual red in Spain. Unbelievably good!” 96/100 The Wine Spectator