The title says it all. After spending an hour and a half on the beach under a blazing sun I could not take it anymore and I had to find the nearest shade ... what a coincidence that it is a nice little beach bar. The heating of my neuron and wonderful beer that I am drinking have helped me to find the eight most important reasons for choosing cheap beer.

Before proceeding with the reasonably priced beer issue, I have to say that I love rankings. If a blogger who explains his 5 reasons to ignore the Iphone, the 10 reasons to eat bread with sausage or the three reasons why it's not a good idea to wear that bikini, there I am, engaged. I know I'm not alone and so I take this chance to say hello to my friend Jorge who once gave me one of the top reasons listings I've ever read. It was made of a hundred reasons, but the issue it dealt about we better leave for another day.

Sorry for Robert Parker fans but I'm not convinced at all about the whole Parker concept. In general, I could not care less what gurus say as I don’t give a damn about everything that seems to be overly commercial. Let's see if Parker starts to give very high marks to Spanish wines I will rejoice, I will support and I will also picked up the story, but because I believe that in Spain there are a lot of quality wines that deserve to be promoted and known around the world .

Another thing is that I buy wines according to the dictates of Mr. Parker, as his tastes often do not coincide with mine and as I understand the wine world is inherent subjective. So I think that his respectable opinions help simplify and unify criteria when to classify but they do not resolve anything.

Spain is becoming internationally more and more known for its wines. It was about time. This is always good news, especially when you consider the high quality that prevails in most wine regions of this country. There may be who gets surprised to know that Spanish wines have always been until recently virtually unknown out of its borders. Even in some European regions, Spanish wines were in the shadow of others coming from Italy or France, for example.

The export subsidies, the business focus of our winemakers and the concept of business a little more marketing-oriented, are opening the door for many of the Spanish wines in other countries.

Organic wines are a trend. No one can deny that in these days all that bears the name of ecological sells a lot. It is true that the price of this kind of products is usually higher (although in the case of wine, not always happens like that), but the consumer of such goods rather pay a little more for something that is elaborated in a certain way.

Foods without preservatives or dyes, accompanied by organic wine at a table dressed by organic products is the ultimate trend in this decade in which sustainability and all what is natural are values that go hand in hand.

For me it is impossible to talk about the best cocktails and not to mention the syrup, but not anyone in general but Monin syrups in particular, because they work the essence of flavor like no other and, moreover, this year they celebrate one hundred years enriching and improving all cocktails that have them in their recipes.

After my best friend came back from his revealing trip to Brazil Kahlúa was always present in our celebrations. Kahlúa and rum, to prepare the delicious Kalhúa Mambo, with tequila, for Kahlua Rita or vodka, for that provocative Kahlua Black Russian. However, when we were already fully immersed in the exciting world of amateur mixology, we decided to change drink as the kahlua did not respond too well to mix with syrups.

A terrace, a sunny afternoon and a beer in your hand. Can anyone imagine anything better than this? Well, in case that heat is starting to dry out your gray matter I am going to suggest an improved version of that utopia: vacations, sitting down on a terrace with nothing to do (zero obligations, that word does not exist anymore), a sunny afternoon in the small town of Weiden in Southern Germany and a Weissbier in your hand, can anyone resist to such a dreamy thought?

Weiden in der Oberpfalz is located in the German region of Bavaria, the birthplace of wheat beer, a paradise on Earth for beer lovers. It's as simple as to imagine that every hundred feet you can be able to taste a different home Weissbier, all high quality and with such an amazing taste that even makes you sing in German, even though you don’t know a word in that language. Well, this is not so common right after the first drink, but it may become very normal at the end of the tasting tour.

California is the fourth largest wine producer in the world, ranking first place in wine consumption in the United States, followed by Florida and then New York. The truth is that California wine has gained worldwide recognition due to the richness and variety of soil conditions and microclimates that exist in that area.

In this state there are 107 American Viticultural Areas and each of them has different varieties of wine grapes. These areas are recognized by the U.S. Government since they testify the variety of microclimates in the region, which has over 60,000 registered wine labels.