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Bilbao


Taste your way around some of Spain's finest small artisan vineyards at this cosy wine bar owned and run by Jonathan García, a former Basque sommelier champion. Its blackboard chalks up 25 whites and 40 reds available by the glass. Selections change every two months but always include lightly sparkling txakoli and rich reds from La Rioja.


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