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...When the current owner Juan Manuel’s parents — restaurateur Manuel del Rey and his wife Blanca, a celebrated flamenco dancer and now artistic director — founded the Corral in 1956, they combined their expertise...
...The architect it employed, Juan Guardiola Gaya (1927-2005), became the most influential single figure in shaping Benidorm’s skyline. A Catalan, Gaya moved to Alicante in 1959....
...(Grenache Blanc), Maturana Blanca, Tempranillo Blanco, Turruntés and Verdejo; and the decidedly foreign Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc....
...Blanca Estela de la Cruz, a housekeeper shopping at a weekly market, agreed: “I don’t think the government will be able to control inflation with petrol where it is.”...
...The island lies within reach and sight of the Costa Blanca, permanently scarred by half a century of badly-planned development....
...María Blanca González sits outside her unassuming family home, drinking maté tea. Her new neighbour, she has been told, is John Pearse, tailor to stars such as the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney....
...It was a journey that took us right to the edge of the country and even, briefly, into Nicaragua (along the Río San Juan). This time we all travelled together, and there were plenty of crocodiles....
...His latest, Juan Jimenez, said in August that the Conga project had been moved to the backburner after polls showed 78 per cent of local residents opposed it....
...It is closely related to a number of Portuguese varieties, and to the dark-skinned Juan García that is responsible for some fine reds in north-west Spain....
...Contenders are Luis Castiglioni, vice president, Blanca Ovelar, education minister, and José Alberto Alderete, Colorado party leader....
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