Madrid: Sampling wine at Bodega Santa Cecilia

Bodega Santa Cecilia, Madrid

“Ten years ago we had two wines from Madrid. Now we carry well over a dozen excellent wines from the Madrid area,” Mayte Santa Cecilia told me as I sampled various Madrid wines at her family-owned wine shop, Bodega Santa Cecilia, on Blasco de Garay.

“They all have a very good relation between quality and price. That’s the best thing. They’re very modern, very fruity, very powerful. They go very well with Madrid foods—roasted meats, stews—what we call spoon dishes

“I particularly like El Regajal because it is very fruity and what we call muy goloso–yummy.”

Mayte told me that the owner of Finca El Regajal, Daniel García Pita, is a friend of hers and suggested I drive out to his vineyard, next to a butterfly sanctuary south of Madrid, next week and visit him. Which I plan to do.

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