The Capricho Blog

Although we do most of our work at the Bodega El Capricho, sometimes we are lucky enough to move around the world and take our product to those people who request it. As a result, on 11th March, we travelled to the Country Club of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican...

Every month of february -for 17 years- we elaborate a gastronomic menu taking a tour around all the different cuts of the ox. We enjoy preserving this tradition, which is like a celebration of the ox. José Gordón has travelled to a different country every year with...

The Golden Bean award is one of the most highly-anticipated events held in the town of La Bañeza. This year it will be awarded to José Gordón, making him La Bañeza’s Personality of the Year for 2018. As part of the celebrations, the local newspaper El Adelanto...

It was Elvira's birthday recently. Elvira is Jose's mother, and she died a couple of years ago. She is shown here in the photo with Pezuñas. It was an immense beast, but she was the first one to give it a smack when it ran around, happily going where it shouldn’t....