Food & Drink news & information for Spain

FREE alcohol deals could become illegal in the Greater Madrid region, and if the plan goes ahead, may stretch to other parts of Spain.

THE WORLD'S third-best restaurant is set to open a pop-up version at a Madrid hotel this autumn, offering an identical menu to that of its main base.

A RESTAURANT in Asturias has made a record-breaking bid for a chunk of locally-produced cheese – a 'wheel' of Cabrales has reached the eye-watering sum of €14,300 at auction.

EXPORTING wine to France may sound a little like selling coals to Newcastle, but Spain is shifting tonnes of an Almería chardonnay to its northern neighbour.

FRUIT has gone up at more than three times the rate of general living costs, by two-thirds in 12 years and by 14% in the past year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

PRODUCERS of Spanish black olives have threatened to go to the international courts now that the USA has confirmed a 34.75% customs tariff on imports.

WINE merchants in France have been passing off a lower-end Spanish rosado as vintage French rosé, according to a major consumer watchdog in Paris.

SALAD, pizza and chicken breast are the most common foods served up in Spanish households, according to a study by the ministry of agriculture, putting in doubt the popular theory of the Mediterranean diet being the...

SPANISH residents spend €1,311 per head every year in restaurants, including in coffee shops and bars that serve food, according to the most recent report on the subject by the ministry of agriculture.

BUDGET German supermarket chain Lidl sold out of its popular food processor within minutes across the whole of Spain on Saturday after thousands of shoppers queued outside to get their hands on one of the 25,000 on the...

LUXURY Girona eatery El Celler de Can Roca is a step closer to reclaiming its world number one throne after rising to second this year behind Italy's Osteria Francescana, based in Modena, north-west of Venice.

NATIONWIDE department store El Corte Inglés has launched a website through which any products can be ordered and delivered the same day.