BARCELONA
Food and drink guide
In Catalan slang, the word “brutal” can mean very good as well as very bad. To the drinkers of Barcelona, Brutal is the name of a game-changing wine bar that kick-started the city’s natural wine scene. The driving force behind Brutal’s wine list is sommelier Stefano Colombo, from Italy’s Veneto region, who recognised an opportunity to introduce Barcelona to the pleasures of organically farmed, zero-additive wines. The rest, as they say, is history. While natural wine represents a sizeable chunk of Colombo’s diet, the former industrial designer can also appreciate all aspects of Barcelona’s food and drink scene. Here, he reveals a handful of his favourites.