Category Life & Style

The windswept green mountains of the Basque region on Spain’s north Atlantic coastline feel light years away from the country’s stereotypical image of sangria, sherry and sun. Here they make a crisp, tangy white wine called txakoli, which has a…

The house had remained unsold for five years. Nothing suspicious, just issues with the previous owner’s inheritance. It had that empty, full-of-dust-motes-through-ancient-windows feel to it. An old manor house, mostly 17th century with medieval bits and Roman foundations. It had…