What Córdoba actually eats and drinks: salmorejo, flamenquín, rabo de toro, and the Montilla-Moriles wines locals order instead of sherry from nearby Jerez.https://www.explorecordoba.comhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/baena-olive-oil-dop-explainedhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/baena-olive-oil-dop-explainedBaena olive oil DOP covers seven Córdoba towns, with sealed tanks, a tasting panel and numbered back-labels. What the label checks and what it leaves open.Sat, 14 Nov 2026 14:56:14 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/anis-de-rute-liqueur-cordoba-provincehttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/anis-de-rute-liqueur-cordoba-provinceAnís de Rute is a Subbética aniseed spirit with trade records from 1630. How it is made, what to see at the Museo del Anís, and when the Christmas season runs.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:34:43 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/pedro-ximenez-grape-origin-montilla-morileshttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/pedro-ximenez-grape-origin-montilla-morilesIs the Pedro Ximénez grape from the Rhine? A Charles V soldier legend, a 2007 DNA study pointing to Gibi, and what the Córdoba province deeds of 1574 show.Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:35:16 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/roman-wine-carmona-flor-yeast-montilla-morileshttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/roman-wine-carmona-flor-yeast-montilla-morilesCarmona's Roman urn holds the oldest wine in the world, and its polyphenols resemble fino. What the Córdoba team found, what it can't prove, and where to sip.Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:50:36 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/cordoba-fried-sweets-pestinos-torrijashttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/cordoba-fried-sweets-pestinos-torrijasCórdoba fried sweets explained: pestiños, torrijas, flores and buñuelos, when each turns up in the calendar, how they are made and where convents sell them.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:28:29 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/cordoba-cheese-festival-2026-visitor-planhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/cordoba-cheese-festival-2026-visitor-planDay-by-day plan for the Córdoba Cheese Festival 2026: why Saturday wins, what the €10 and €20 tickets cover, and where to taste Montilla wine afterwards.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:10:54 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/montilla-spanish-city-of-wine-2027https://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/montilla-spanish-city-of-wine-2027Montilla will be Spain's Ciudad Española del Vino in 2027 after beating Jerez. What the title is, what is confirmed so far, and how to reach it from Córdoba.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:45:51 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/bodegas-campos-cordoba-history-1908https://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/bodegas-campos-cordoba-history-1908The history of Bodegas Campos in Córdoba: a cellar that dates itself to 1908, the taverns Casa Rubio and Casa Pepe, and a taberna that only opened in 1995.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/bar-starters-cordoba-lechuga-al-ajillohttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/bar-starters-cordoba-lechuga-al-ajilloLechuga al ajillo, boquerones en vinagre and pisto con huevo: what Córdoba bars bring first, plus tapa, media ración and ración sizes and what each costs.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:55:13 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/puente-genil-membrillo-quince-capitalhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/puente-genil-membrillo-quince-capitalA Córdoba province town of 30,000 makes more than 10,000 tonnes of quince paste a year. The 1840 shop that grew into an industrial export trade, explained.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:10:58 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/salmorejo-vs-gazpacho-cordobahttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/salmorejo-vs-gazpacho-cordobaGazpacho is Andalusia's thin cold soup; salmorejo is Córdoba's thick one. Bread, olive oil and telera shape the gap, with the ratios and where to taste both.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:18:36 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/pastel-cordobes-historyhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/pastel-cordobes-historyFlaky pastry filled with candied pumpkin, the pastel cordobés has Moorish roots. A Córdoba confectioner named the miniature Manolete version in the 1940s.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:04 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/cordero-a-la-miel-historyhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/cordero-a-la-miel-historyCordero a la miel descends from the lamb-and-honey tradition of caliphal Córdoba. The culinary history behind Córdoba's most layered slow-roasted dish.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:41:14 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/montilla-moriles-why-not-sherryhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/montilla-moriles-why-not-sherryMontilla-Moriles wine invented amontillado but can't legally use the name. The full story: the etymology, Poe's 1846 tale, and where to taste it in Córdoba.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:42:29 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/mazamorra-cordobesa-the-ancient-white-soup-before-salmorejohttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/mazamorra-cordobesa-the-ancient-white-soup-before-salmorejoMazamorra cordobesa predates salmorejo by eight centuries. Bread, almonds, garlic, olive oil: Córdoba's ancient cold soup, eaten before tomatoes ever arrived.Sun, 31 May 2026 09:20:08 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/berenjenas-con-miel-moorish-originhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/berenjenas-con-miel-moorish-originThe Moorish origin of berenjenas con miel traces to 8th-century Al-Andalus, where fried aubergines and honey defined sweet-savoury cooking in Córdoba.Thu, 28 May 2026 14:21:59 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/flamenquin-the-crispy-cordoba-roll-with-a-disputed-birth-storyhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/flamenquin-the-crispy-cordoba-roll-with-a-disputed-birth-storyThe word flamenquín appears in a Córdoba newspaper in 1908; the only dated recipe story is Andújar 1939. What the record proves, and why both towns claim it.Mon, 25 May 2026 16:03:37 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/salmorejo-historyhttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/salmorejo-historySalmorejo history from a Roman mortar to Al-Andalus mazamorra, the tomato and the 2007 university standard behind Córdoba's cold soup and its own alley.Mon, 18 May 2026 08:57:09 GMThttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/rabo-de-torohttps://www.explorecordoba.com/articles/rabo-de-toroRabo de toro began as offal from Córdoba's bullring, given free to working-class families. How a 19th-century survival food became a €16–24 taberna staple.Fri, 15 May 2026 23:50:10 GMT