Antigua Casa de Guardia
Working wine tavern pouring straight from oak barrels, tabs still chalked onto the counter by hand.
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This guide to Antigua Casa de Guardia in Málaga opens with a puzzle: why would a winemaker walk away from the one thing that made his name? In 1840, José de la Guardia opened a wine cellar that became official supplier to Queen Isabel II's court, naming a Moscatel after her still sold today. Twenty-five years later, at the height of its fame, he sold the bodega and left to become a provincial governor. The new owner, Enrique Navarro, moved the operation here and added one word to the sign, Antigua, old, as if daring anyone to doubt it.
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