Albariño & the Wines of Galicia: Spain's Other Identity

Everything we've covered this week has been rich, structured, powerful red wine from Spain's hot interior. Friday is a total tonal shift, we're heading to the cool, rainy, Atlantic-influenced northwest, to Galicia, where Spain's most celebrated white grape thrives. Today's episode covers Albariño and the Rías Baixas appellation, why this wine pairs so perfectly with seafood, the other white grape worth knowing in Galicia (Godello), and a brief look at the region's underrated reds made from Mencía.