It’s International Albariño Day and we are here for it!  Celebrated annually on August 1, Albariño Day was born out of a contest between two men — Bernardo Quintanilla and Ernesto Zárate — to determine the best wine of 1952, with Zárate declared the winner. In the bottom right hand corner is winemaker Eulogio Zárate and his wife Rebeca Montero, who now run the Zárate winery in Meaño, Pontevedra. I was lucky enough to visit Eulogio and Rebeca at their home back in 2019, the photo here was taken in April at a wine event in Jerez. With a bit of luck I may make it back to Galicia later this year. Fingers crossed!