GAgaltravel Posted June 3 #1 Share Posted June 3 Can someone suggest where to buy a bottle of wine to bring on board cruise? I'm not sure what type of store to look for. I'm not looking for anything fancy, but bonus points if you can recommend a good local wine! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony s Posted June 3 #2 Share Posted June 3 Carrefour on Las Ramblas. Great selection and fair prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alserrod Posted June 3 #3 Share Posted June 3 4 hours ago, GAgaltravel said: Can someone suggest where to buy a bottle of wine to bring on board cruise? I'm not sure what type of store to look for. I'm not looking for anything fancy, but bonus points if you can recommend a good local wine! 🙂 Hi I wrote about wine shopping in Spain some months ago. Anyway.... if you are searching for a good wine but not a very specific wine, any supermarket should be enough. I would buy good olive oil too. A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAgaltravel Posted June 3 Author #4 Share Posted June 3 2 hours ago, alserrod said: I wrote about wine shopping in Spain some months ago. WOW! Thanks for this! Extremely helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alserrod Posted June 4 #5 Share Posted June 4 9 hours ago, GAgaltravel said: WOW! Thanks for this! Extremely helpful! You are invited to write in that thread and push the like button. Your Q&A may help next visitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburgher Posted June 6 #6 Share Posted June 6 On 6/3/2024 at 4:49 PM, GAgaltravel said: Can someone suggest where to buy a bottle of wine to bring on board cruise Also El Corte Inglés Plaça de Catalunya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alserrod Posted June 6 #7 Share Posted June 6 2 minutes ago, edinburgher said: Also El Corte Inglés Plaça de Catalunya Of course. It could be a bit more expensive but they will have a wide wine offer and they also have a gourmet section with upper wines too. Nearest supermarket to the pier are these ones Alcampo Plaza del duque de Medinaceli Coviran Calle del Arco del teatro Carrefour Express Avenida de Drassanes 29 just to know because if you buy some bottles you may carry them later. Maybe someone wanna grab a taxi and ask for a supermarket by the end.... or just underground to Drassanes, stop to buy wine and later, a taxi to the pier I would buy olive oil too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburgher Posted June 6 #8 Share Posted June 6 1 minute ago, alserrod said: I would buy olive oil too Lovely idea. As an aside, living in Spain you will be aware of the recent price increases for olive oil. I cannot remember ever seeing it as costly as it now is and we are using it more sparingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alserrod Posted June 6 #9 Share Posted June 6 2 minutes ago, edinburgher said: Lovely idea. As an aside, living in Spain you will be aware of the recent price increases for olive oil. I cannot remember ever seeing it as costly as it now is and we are using it more sparingly. Yeah, within 2-3 years price hasn't been doubled but it has increase at least about 80%. But for Spanish cuisine (and in general all Mediterranean cuisine) Olive oil is as essential as curry is for Indian cuisine so people remains buying it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburgher Posted June 6 #10 Share Posted June 6 44 minutes ago, alserrod said: people remains buying it but using it more sparingly like us.🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alserrod Posted June 6 #11 Share Posted June 6 8 minutes ago, edinburgher said: but using it more sparingly like us.🙁 If it is for salads, the same amount will be used everywhere. The oil used for salads (raw oil, not fried) is usually the highest quality and is very noticeable in the flavor. You don't need that much either. Note that in Spain you will not only see salad sauces (Caesar sauce, Thousand Island Sauce, etc...) but simply oil, vinegar and salt. If it is for cakes and pies, the same is also used all over the world. What's more, it is advisable to use sunflower oil or olive oil with little flavor. The best olive oil for salads can ruin the flavor of a cake Air fryers are increasingly used for fried foods, so consumption is much lower. However, there are many other dishes whose flavor would be totally different without olive oil. For many dishes, something totally essential is to prepare a "sofrito" with green peppers, tomato, garlic and onion. They are chopped and then fried for several minutes in olive oil. The result will be part of the base of the dish you are going to cook. And I say many dishes... and I also include paella. To have a good paella you don't need to have good rice (that's easy and you get it from the supermarket) but rather the ingredients that you have passed through oil as well as the "broth" (vegetable soup, fish soup, etc...) that is cast And there is a proverb that says that with worse ingredients you get a worse dish after cooking. These are first steps for a Paella rice. As you can see, even Paella will not taste the same with less olive oil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSDingy Posted June 7 #12 Share Posted June 7 On 6/6/2024 at 5:12 AM, edinburgher said: Lovely idea. As an aside, living in Spain you will be aware of the recent price increases for olive oil. I cannot remember ever seeing it as costly as it now is and we are using it more sparingly. As we are both Italian, olive oil is also a staple of our cuisine. Prices here in Canada have also gone up by almost 100%. But we still buy and when it rarely goes on sale, we pick up a case of 12 x 750ml. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suekel Posted June 7 #13 Share Posted June 7 On 6/3/2024 at 10:49 AM, GAgaltravel said: Can someone suggest where to buy a bottle of wine to bring on board cruise? I'm not sure what type of store to look for. I'm not looking for anything fancy, but bonus points if you can recommend a good local wine! 🙂 We just went to a grocery store on Las Ramblas. Excellent prices on local wines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAgaltravel Posted June 7 Author #14 Share Posted June 7 20 minutes ago, suekel said: We just went to a grocery store on Las Ramblas. Excellent prices on local wines Perfect! We’ll be there tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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