Linda Herrick savours the food, history and relaxed atmosphere of Madrid.

Readers of Conde Nast Traveler have rated their top 10 European islands.

Delicious and filling and so much better from your own garden, potatoes are a deserved family favourite. Justin Newcombe gives us his top tips.

Galicia is well-known to the tens of thousands who arrive on foot each year at the end of the pilgrimage known as The Way of St James.

The rain in Spain stays mainly in Galicia, finds Peter Calder.

Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez has seduced a Kiwi distributor with his ravishing reds.

My nana loved her occasional sherry. It sat on a highly polished mahogany side table in a splendid crystal decanter, with an elaborate stopper on top.

Defending champions Team New Zealand were back in a familiar position today after the opening day of the final Med Cup event.

A holiday with her daughter Sasha in Spain has landed the US' first lady in the middle of a political tempest.

Black Sticks get the wooden spoon at the Champions Trophy; Australians win.

Fine wine is no longer the preserve of the elite.

Julian Dean's three podiums in this year's Tour de France have him pegged by some as this country's greatest peddler.

New Zealand's Cameron Appleton has captured the match racing portion of the RC 44 Valencia Cup.