“La Vinoteca, the space where once customers could taste a selection of wines from the cellar, a tasting or purchase a bottle, now occupied by a restaurant where guests can enjoy traditional cuisine of tapas, always linked our wines”, says Andres Araya, Director General of Hotel Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine.
In La Vinoteca, located on La Cueva, wherein lies the private collection of the Abadía Retuerta winery since its inception, the atmosphere is quiet and cozy place where the cuisine offers a creative vision of tradition. The culinary offer in La Vinoteca is simpler than the main restaurant, the Refectory, to be able to service all types of customers.
“Castile and Leon is a community that offers the most varied tapas, example is the National Competition Tapas and Pinchos de Valladolid, which in 2012 reached its eighth edition.’s Why we join to offer a selection of tapas and dishes all with products from the region and a unique interpretation, “says Araya.
The menu combines from a Russian salad with tuna until Cantabrian anchovies cold dishes, from a lamb sweetbreads with endive or tiger for hot mussels, also tables of Iberian and cheese, along with main dishes like rice with ham and artichokes with crepineta oxtail and carrots, among others, and finally, a selection of handmade desserts such as broken Quesada with crackers, berries and juice.
The chef is the Spaniard Pablo Montero, cook formed in the Mugaritz restaurant setting, which has the expertise to translate the philosophy of chef Andoni Luis Aduriz, director and advisor gastronomic establishment. Montero restaurants has undergone great international prestige and influence, as The Fat Duck (3 * Michelin) or restaurant Nerua Guggenheim (1 * Michelin).
More information about Hotel Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine: http://www.ledomaine.es/